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1. Voters in France go to the polls for legislative election with the Socialist Party winning a majority.
   2024-04-26 00:32:26 (First version)
2. Voters in Greece go to the polls for a second legislative election after the first election on May 6 failed to form a coalition government.
   (Current version)

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