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Countdown to the primary outcomes
Now that the polling stations the place pencil and paper voting are closed and the ultimate hours of digital voting have begun, the countdown to the primary interim outcomes has begun.
We’re due to this fact switching to this new dwell weblog wherein we intently observe the outcomes and the primary reactions.
14:23
Grievance in opposition to chairman of the Dilbeek polling station for not respecting the language regulation
The mayor of Dilbeek, Willy Segers (N-VA/LvBurgemeester), will file a grievance in opposition to a boss of one of many polling stations within the municipality. The chairman wouldn’t respect the language regulation, he would tackle voters in French. And that impacts the temper, says Mayor Segers.
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Watch: Voting can be going down in the remainder of Europe, how do main figures equivalent to Le Pen, Orban and Tusk rating?
14:18
Brussels polls are gradual, ready instances as much as 2 hours
The Brussels polls are gradual, with some voters having to attend in line for as much as 2 hours. That is primarily as a result of massive variety of younger people who find themselves voting regionally and federally for the primary time and 16-year-old younger individuals who should vote for the primary time within the European elections. On the whole, few technical defects are recognized.
Ready instances have been set at some polling stations that may be fairly lengthy, equivalent to within the Metropolis of Brussels and the sub-municipalities of Laeken and Neder-Over-Heembeek, the municipality of Anderlecht, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe and a few polling stations in Schaarbeek.
Voort politician and senator Bert Anciaux states that “voting is typically not a celebration”. The previous chairman of the Volksunie and later Spirit politician has to vote within the Brussels sub-municipality Neder-Over-Heembeek and testifies that issues are “fully going incorrect”. “I have been ready right here for half an hour, and it’ll most likely take quite a bit longer,” says Anciaux.
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Watch: Kamal Kharmach snipes politics: “How are they going to get a finances so as if they can not make a music video but?”
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Watch: “When democracy calls, Jens Dendoncker solutions. I did not hesitate”
14:08
Elio Di Rupo casts his vote in Bergen city corridor, but it surely doesn’t go easily
Elio Di Rupo (PS) forged his vote this morning on the city corridor of Mons, within the province of Hainaut. He himself is the socialist candidate for Europe.
Di Rupo needed to request a reproduction of his summons letter, which he had not obtained. “I am not the one one, there have been distribution issues,” mentioned the previous mayor of Bergen.
He additionally briefly left the voting sales space to request a brand new poll paper for the Home. “I placed on my incorrect glasses and there are numerous candidates, so I made a mistake,” mentioned the PS chief. After voting, Di Rupo went to train.
14:03
An previous photograph of a person voting together with his pants round his ankles surfaces on social media
A photograph of somebody voting with their pants round their ankles is doing the rounds on social media. The posts place the photograph in Ghent or Kortrijk. The photograph will not be from in the present day, however from the earlier elections in 2019 and was taken in Knokke-Heist. The photograph has now change into an typically shared ‘meme’, additionally outdoors Belgium.
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Paper polling stations are actually closing
The polling stations the place pencil and paper voting takes place will shut at 2 p.m. Digital voting continues to be potential till 4 p.m. This has been prolonged right here and there by lengthy ready lists, however anybody who arrives after 4 p.m. is not allowed to vote.
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Tom Van Grieken (Vlaams Belang) needs to change into the biggest celebration and hopes for 1 million votes
The purpose for Vlaams Belang is to change into the biggest celebration. That is what chairman Tom Van Grieken says. He’s presently on his method to the celebration headquarters and can monitor the outcomes from there. “I have never written my speech but, however my first phrases will exit to the voters and to all of the volunteers.”
Van Grieken repeats that he’s aiming for 1 million votes (about 25 p.c). If the celebration has the suitable of initiative, it is going to discuss to everybody, says Van Grieken. “We aren’t going to do what all of the others have been doing for therefore lengthy: exclude voters. We are going to sit across the desk constructively with anybody who needs to assist notice our program. However first issues first: the election outcomes. Quite a bit will rely upon that.”
