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Actors portraying UK candidates Theresa May (Conservatives), Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), and Tim Farron (Liberal Democrats), at a theme park in Surrey (Photo: Casey Gutteridge / CPG Photography)

Brits and French go to polls This WEEK

Citizens of the second-largest and third-largest EU members will go to the polls this week in elections that will have a significant effect on the rest of the bloc.

First, the United Kingdom will vote on Thursday (8 June), in elections for the House of Commons.

When the vote was unexpectedly called by prime minister Theresa May seven weeks ago, her aim was to strengthen her Conservative party's presence in parliament, so th...

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