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- ↑ "Resultados globais das Eleições europeias de 2014" (in Portuguese). DGAI u. DGIE. Retrieved 2014-09-06. Auszählungsstand 100 Prozent
- ↑ "Europeias: um açoriano em terceiro lugar é "histórico"" (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
