EU elections: Polls open in Netherlands as Dutch cast their vote

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The Netherlands is the only EU country to start its single-day vote early, but it will be followed by Ireland on Friday and the rest of the EU nations over the weekend.

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00:00 Polls have opened in the Netherlands as four days of voting in the EU parliamentary elections

00:06 begins. It`s the only country to start its single day vote so early, but will be followed

00:12 by Ireland on Friday and the rest of the EU nations over the weekend.

00:18 Four hundred million citizens will be casting their votes in the elections, which are expected

00:23 to deliver significant gains for the hard right.

00:27 In the Netherlands, voting comes six months after the far right party for freedom became

00:31 the largest in the Dutch national parliament. Polling suggests it will build on that popularity.

00:37 [SWOOSH]

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