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France is going to the polls with Germany to follow.

Italy and Greece could be close behind, not to mention the UK's upcoming surprise election.

That's our topic of discussion on this week's episode of the views room,

a weekly conversation among breaking views columnists about the ups and downs in the world of finance.

I'm your host, Jennifer Sabah.

On this week's edition, we're handing the mic to our colleagues in London,

who will discuss the risks, opportunities, market movements, and misconceptions

around Europe's critical election season.

So this is adapted from a webinar they recorded live at the time,

so they may reference things you can't see for obvious reasons.

So now, here's John Foley, Swaha Patnick, Neil Unmac, and Olaf Storbeck.

Hi, and thanks for joining us.

I'm John Foley from Royce's Breaking Views.

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