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Added on the 24/07/2023 10:38:34 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Spanish Prime minister and socialist candidate, Pedro Sánchez, votes at a polling station in Madrid's city centre, alongside his wife, in a snap general election. Voters across Spain head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to hand Sanchez a fresh four-year mandate or bring the right back into power with its far-right coalition ally. Polls suggest a shift to the right and victory for Alberto Nunez Feijoo's conservative Popular Party. IMAGES
Left-wing supporters march through Marseille to celebrate the results of the French general election, in which the New Popular Front came out on top, ahead of the presidential camp and the far-right National Rally. IMAGES
The polls open in London's Westminster Central Hall as Britons cast their votes for a general election that is set to open a new chapter in their history: Labour is the overwhelming favourite to unseat the Conservatives, who are extremely unpopular after 14 tumultuous years in power. IMAGES
Cars arrive on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore in Paris, where the presidential palace is located, as French President Emmanuel Macron summons his ministers at 12:00 to discuss tactical withdrawals ahead of the second round of the general election, the day after the historic victory of the far-right National Rally (RN), which won 39 MPs in the first round and remains in a position to win an absolute majority in parliament. IMAGES
Far-right militants gather at the RN headquarters in Henin-Beaumont, jubilant after the first round of legislative elections in which the RN came out well ahead. IMAGES