Dutch socialist Frans Timmermans looks like the big winner in the first exit poll from the 2019 European Parliament (EP) election.
Timmermans' centre-left Labour will unexpectedly emerge as the largest party in the EP vote, according to Dutch pollster Ipsos, which claims a margin of error of one seat.
It will win five of the 26 Dutch seats in the EU parliament, the pollster said.
Timmermans is a European Commission deputy who wants to succeed his boss, Jean-Claude Juncker...
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