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Now playing Next United Kingdom UK to hold snap general election on June 8 An overwhelming majority in the UK Parliament approves holding a snap general election on June 8. 19/04/2017
Now playing Next France French presidential election posters reinvented With less than a week to the first round of the presidential election in France, nothing is clearcut. 19/04/2017
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