EPDE together with its Russian member Association Golos and the Lithuanian IESC observed the parliamentary elections in Holland. The election experts conducted a series of meetings with the Election Team of the Ministry of Interior, the Electoral Council (Kiesraad), the ODIHR-expert team and a range of Dutch non-governmental organisations and other observation missions. On election day, they observed the conduct of voting and vote counting in several polling stations in Rotterdamm and Den Haag.

The study visit was conducted by five election experts who focused on selected aspects of the electoral process in Netherlands. The team appreciates the efforts of the Dutch Ministry of Interior to invite international observers and to provide the observers with all election related information.

Please find below articles of our experts:

Stanislaw Andreichuk, salt.zone, 23.03.2017,”Why Russia is not Holland” (RU): https://salt.zone/post/6749

Aleksandr Glezev, golosinfo.org, 12.03.2015, “Netherlands: the first round of elections in Europe in 2017” (RU): https://golosinfo.org/ru/articles/141817

Aleksandr Glezev, golosinfo.org, 24.03.2015, “Campaign in Netherlands: Europe wins the first round” (RU): https://golosinfo.org/ru/articles/141845

Sergey Egorov, salt.zone, 29.03.2017,”Salt blogers: elections in Netherlands and support from Russia (RU): https://salt.zone/radio/6805