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Ukraine EPDE Policy Alert - Electoral Reform in Ukraine #13

July 18, 2019

On July 11, ten days before the snap parliamentary election on July 21, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted an Electoral Code which introduces a proportional electoral system with open regional party lists for parliamentary elections and harmonizes Ukraine’s electoral legal framework. However, even if signed by the President, the Electoral Code would enter legal force only in December 2023.

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EPDE New EPDE publication "Russian Interference, and Where to Find It"

June 06, 2019

In Anton Shekhovtsov’s newest study, he identifies different factors that influence the occurrence of Russian interference in international elections. This article discusses elections in France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary, and Sweden that took place in 2017-2018, and shows how different combinations of these factors produced different outcomes in terms of Russian meddling.

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Russia How should the Council of Europe treat Russia?

June 04, 2019

Stefanie Schiffer speaks in Deutschlandfunk about a threat to the credibility of the Council of Europe if the sanctions against the Russian Delegation are lifted without any improvement of the situation in Crimea and the Donbas.

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Russia “Strong tendencies to divide Russia's and Germany’s civil societies”

The German public radio station Deutschlandfunk reports on the perspectives of the German-Russian Petersburg dialogue forum, with EPDE Chair Stefanie Schiffer stating: "The Petersburg dialogue is an institution which has the aim of bringing German and Russian civil societies together, but if you look at the facts and the political development and recent administrative and legal steps, you can see that there are very strong tendencies to divide the civil societies apart."

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Georgia ISFED statement on proportional elections with no threshold

On June 24, ISFED has released a statement regarding the announcement of Georgian Dream about initiative to introduce proportional electoral system with no threshold for 2020 parliamentary elections.

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Ukraine EPDE Policy Alert - Electoral Reform in Ukraine #12

On May 22, the Ukrainian Parliament refused to vote on changes to the electoral law as they were proposed on the same day by President Zelenskiy. After the failed voting at the extraordinary parliamentary session on May 22, the President and parliamentary lawmakers accused each other of breaking agreements.

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Georgia ISFED Final Statement on By-Election

According to ISFED assessment, while at majority of electoral precincts the Election Day was mostly free from any major violations, the voting process progressed amid tension, especially in Zugdidi and Marneuli.

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Georgia ISFED by-election 1st statement

EPDE's Georgian member ISFED is observing by-elections, which take place 19 May in several electoral districts in Georgia, and presenting its 1st statement about the opening of polling stations and the voting process.

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