Europe elections live: polls to close in Poland, Portugal and Romania on ‘Super Sunday'
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Dobry wieczór, boa noite, bună seara,
or simply good evening and welcome to our live coverage of Super Sunday in Europe with crucial elections in Poland, Portugal, and Romania.
It's Jakub Krupa here, in Warsaw, to guide you through tonight's exit polls, snap reactions and early results coming from the three EU countries. Join The Guardian for Europe's electoral 'super Sunday' – video
We will start with Romania where the polls will close in about half an hour – 7pm BST, 8pm CEST, 9pm local time – followed by Poland and Portugal an hour later.
It may take a little while before we get any conclusive results though as margins are expected to be fairly thin.
But, but, but – don't worry! We will bring you all the key updates: starting with exit polls, through snap reactions and late polls, all the way to first analyses and official results.
I'll bring you updates from our correspondents across Europe, including Jon Henley and Sam Jones who followed the campaigns in Romania and Portugal, and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels.
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