01/04/2026 | Election observation
A cross-party delegation of observers from PACE, visiting Budapest on 30 and 31 March ahead of the 12 April parliamentary elections, held talks with representatives of the authorities, the election administration, political parties, civil society, the media and the diplomatic community. The...
26/03/2026 | Election observation
A six-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Pablo Hispan (Spain, EPP/CD), will make a pre-electoral visit to Hungary on 30-31 March to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the parliamentary elections on 12 April. In Budapest...
30/01/2026 | Election observation
The Parliamentary Alliance for Free and Fair Elections, which groups over 70 PACE members, has set out new ways to make election observation efforts “sharper and more practical” in the face of acute polarization, foreign interference, large-scale disinformation, cyber incidents, opaque financing...
28/01/2026 | Election observation
Addressing PACE on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s accession to the Council of Europe, Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia, reiterated Armenia’s choice for peace and co-operation, spoke about the reforms implemented over the past years, and stressed that...
26/01/2026 | Election observation
Meeting in plenary, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe debated its observation of the early parliamentary elections held on 30 November 2025 in the Kyrgyz Republic. The Assembly concluded that “the elections were efficiently run but the restrictive campaign environment stifled...
29/12/2025 | Election observation
A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has welcomed the smooth and professional conduct of the early elections to the Assembly of Kosovo, expressing the hope that all political stakeholders will demonstrate responsibility in restoring functional institutions...
19/12/2025 | Election observation
A six-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by Yunus Emre (Türkiye, SOC), will travel to Kosovo from 27 to 29 December to observe the early elections to the Assembly of Kosovo. The delegation will meet leaders and representatives of the main...
01/12/2025 | Election observation
Kyrgyzstan’s early parliamentary elections were efficiently run but the restrictive campaign environment stifled candidate and voter engagement, and while the fundamental freedoms are protected by the constitution, they are increasingly limited in practice and recent changes to the legal...
24/11/2025 | Election observation
An 11-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by Georgios Stamatis (Greece, EPP/CD), will travel to the Kyrgyz Republic from 28 November to 1 December to observe the early parliamentary elections, alongside observers from the OSCE Parliamentary...
21/11/2025 | Standing Committee
Meeting today in Chisinau, the PACE Standing Committee addressed key issues related to Moldova’s electoral and political environment during a debate on the Assembly’s observation of the 28 September 2025 parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova. The head of PACE’s observer delegation...
20/11/2025 | Election observation
PACE’s Committee on the New Democratic Pact heard at first hand from the Republic of Moldova’s top election official how the country had managed to resist foreign interference during recent elections, and held an exchange of views with Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset on the Pact...
07/11/2025 | Artificial Intelligence
At the 2025 World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg, participants discussed how artificial intelligence affects elections and democratic participation. The session, titled “AI at the ballot box: threat or opportunity for democratic elections?”, was co-organised by PACE and the Council of Europe...