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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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Ukraine EPDE Policy Alert - Electoral Reform in Ukraine #12

May 27, 2019

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 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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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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Ukraine Free elections with obstacles - the 2019 Ukrainian presidential elections

The 2019 Ukrainian presidential elections once again proved, for the sixth time in a row, that Ukrainian democracy is solid enough to allow a peaceful transfer of power. Outgoing President Petro Poroshenko accepted his defeat and cleared the way for his successor Volodymyr Zelensky. Read an analysis of the elections by Stefanie Schiffer (in German).

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Ukraine Findings from CVU on the Second round of the Presidential elections

The Committee of Voters in Ukraine (CVU) found that voting day was generally conducted in accordance with the standards of fair and free elections. Violations recorded included: campaigning on the day of voting, issuing ballots without proper identity documents, disclosure of the secrecy of voting, errors in the work of election commissions.

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