Latest news ahead of vote counts across EU member states, including UK, taking part after Brexit negotiations stalledFinal votes cast as EU awaits parliamentary election resultsWhat the UK pollsters are forecasting 4.46pm BST Italians went to the polls on Sunday after a divisive campaign that left many feeling confused and worried as key parties failed to offer up clear and positive policies for Europe.`A European election campaign has never felt like this before,` said Gualtieri Pinci after casting his vote at a polling station in central Rome. Right up until the moment I entered the booth, I didnīt know who to vote for. Politically, everything is very confusing, no party has a clear vision, just lots of vague declarations. I like Europe and regret what I see happening in the UK.Usually us Italians donīt expect much from voting but the EU elections are important. Itīs important that we have peace, solidarity and acceptance of others - Iīm afraid of our current government, which is hostile towards anything different. 4.37pm BST Turnout could be one of the big stories of the night, with early signs that more people have gone to the polls than in previous European parliament elections.Turnout was up in early voting in several countries.#EUelections2019, Poland:Turnout at midday: 14,39% (7,31% in 2014)Voting continues till 9pm local time. 4.32pm BST Welcome to our live coverage as four days of voting across European Union member states draw to a close and the counting begins.As Jon Henley, the Guardianīs European affairs correspondent, writes today:The western worldīs largest democratic exercise is nearing its finale as tens of millions of EU citizens vote in European parliament elections that will shape the blocīs future.Polls suggest the vote will produce a more fragmented parliament than ever before, with the two centre-right and centre-left groups that have dominated Europeīs politics forecast to lose their joint majority for the first time, and nationalist and ...
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