EU voting passes halfway mark with Slovakia, Italy joining in
2 years agoSlovakia's President-elect Peter Pellegrini talks with journalists in front of a polling station in the village of Kraliky, in central Slovakia, during European Parliament Elections on June 8, 2024. - Slovakia kicked off the final two days of voting in EU-wide elections, under the shadow of May's shooting of Prime Minister Robert Fico. The May 15, 2024 assassination attempt on Slovakia's populist premier rocked his nation of 5.4 million and spread shockwaves across the European Union. Slovaks will elect 15 representatives to the EU. (Photo by VLADIMIR SIMICEK / AFP)
Four days of voting to choose a new European Parliament passed the halfway mark Saturday with Slovakia -- shaken by an assassination attempt last month on its premier and influential Italy joining in.
