12/03/2021 | Election observation
A pre-electoral delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) visited Sofia to assess the election campaign and the state of preparations for the parliamentary elections to be held on 4 April 2021. The PACE pre-electoral delegation recalls that the Assembly has...
10/03/2021 | Election observation
A four-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by Alfred Heer (Switzerland, ALDE), is to make a pre-electoral visit to Bulgaria on 11-12 March 2021 to assess the election preparations and campaign ahead of the 4th April parliamentary elections. In...
01/11/2020 | Election observation
Fundamental freedoms respected in competitive Georgian elections, but allegations of pressure and blurring of line between party and state reduced confidence, international observers say Georgia’s parliamentary elections were competitive and, overall, fundamental freedoms were respected...
22/10/2020 | Election observation
Due to the travel restrictions enacted by a number of member States regarding travel to the Republic of Moldova, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has decided not to maintain its scheduled election observation mission for the presidential election to be held in the...
13/07/2020 | Election observation
The Parliamentary Assembly’s election assessment mission visited Warsaw from 10 to 13 July to observe the second round of the presidential election in Poland. During the visit, the PACE mission met the Head and experts of the ODIHR Special Election Assessment Mission (SEAM). The PACE assessment...
09/07/2020 | Election observation
A four-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), will travel to Poland from 10 to 13 July to assess the second round of the Presidential election. The delegation is due to meet the members of the Special Election...
29/06/2020 | Election observation
Strasbourg, 29.06.2020 - Following the letters from the Polish authorities to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), welcoming the presence of a PACE observation mission during the 2020 presidential election, an Assembly election assessment mission visited...
25/06/2020 | Election observation
A four-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), will travel to Poland from 26 to 29 June to assess the 28 June Presidential election. The delegation is due to meet the head of the National Election Committee, as well...
10/02/2020 | Election observation
The restrictive legislation and political environment prevented genuine competition in Azerbaijan’s early parliamentary elections, international observers said in a preliminary statement published today.
30/01/2020 | Election observation
A 25-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, led by Frank Schwabe, will travel to Azerbaijan from 7 to 10 February to observe the conduct of the early parliamentary elections.
24/01/2020 | Election observation
A delegation was in Baku to assess the pre-electoral climate of the early parliamentary elections. It stressed that there was a lot of room for improvement and that the period of time left until election day should allow some improvements.
18/11/2019 | Election observation
Fundamental freedoms were disregarded and the integrity of the election process was not adequately safeguarded in the elections, even as the number of registered candidates increased, international observers said.