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Eurosceptics gain ground as Europe heads to the ballot box

by Richard Carter, Brussels,

The European elections in the UK are not known for producing excitement or generating column inches - in fact a lower percentage of Britons turned out to vote in the last elections in 1999 than in any other country.

Famously more people voted in the popular reality TV show Big Brother.

But this time, the UK - whose voters, along with the Dutch, are Europe's first to the polls -could produce among the most exciting and unpredictable results of all 25 states.

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UK: in or out? (Photo: EUobserver)

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