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Irish, Czechs hold EU vote after Dutch far-right gains

The tight Dutch result, in which exit polls show a Green-left alliance sending more lawmakers to the EU parliament than the far-right, offered some comfort for centrists across the bloc. © Robin Utrecht / ROBIN UTRECHT/AFP

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – Irish and Czech voters on Friday pick up the baton in the EU's marathon elections after a strong showing – but no knock-out blow – from the Dutch far-right on opening day.

Ireland's 37-year-old prime minister Simon Harris cast an early morning vote near his home Delgany, a village south of Dublin, before a whistlestop tour to canvass for both local and European Parliament elections.

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