An event is taking place in the European Union, which has already been dubbed "Super Sunday". Today, millions of voters in all EU member states go to the polling stations to elect a new member of the European Parliament.
These elections will determine the political course of the Union for the next five years, influencing key decisions that will shape the future of Europe.
Sunday's election is the main and final day of a four-day voting cycle that began on Thursday.
The elections will determine the next composition of the European Parliament and, indirectly, the composition of the executive body of the EU - the European Commission.
Voting takes place in 21 member states of the European Union, including France and Germany, which send the largest number of deputies to the European Parliament: 81 and 96, respectively.
Voting on Sunday also takes place in Poland, Spain, Italy (second day), Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden.
The European Parliament said it will release the results of the EU-wide exit poll at approximately 9:30 p.m. Kyiv time, with the first preliminary result after midnight Kyiv time.
Polls predict that the Liberals and the Greens will lose seats. This will reduce the majority of center-right and center-left parties in the European Parliament and complicate efforts to deepen European integration. According to forecasts, far-right deputies will strengthen their positions compared to the results of the last European elections in 2019.
The center-right and pro-Ukrainian European People's Party is expected to remain the largest group in the European Parliament. Her candidate, Ursula von der Leyen from Germany, will try to be re-elected as president of the European Commission, but it is not guaranteed that she will succeed.
Voting has already taken place in the Netherlands. There, according to exit polls, the party of anti-Ukrainian Geert Wilders came second. This result represents a significant success for the political force, as it did not have a single seat in the previous European Parliament elections and is now projected to win seven.
Voting has also already taken place in the Czech Republic, Ireland, Latvia, Slovakia and Malta.
