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Ukraine Statement of OPORA on the Parliamentary elections

July 22, 2019

During the election day, observers of the Civil Network OPORA did not identify any systemic violations of election law or conflicts that would destabilize the course of voting or have any significant impact on citizen voting results. However, frequent and recurrent procedural violations made by polling station election commissions and the incompetence or illegitimate intentions of voters had a negative effect on the election process.

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Ukraine Findings from CVU on the Parliamentary elections

July 22, 2019

The Committee of Voters in Ukraine (CVU) found that in general voters had the opportunity to make an informed choice on the election day and commended the Central Election Commission and Law enforcement agencies for their conduct during E-day. Some violations were recorded, but these were not of a systemic nature.

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

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?

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

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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