Providing Insights into the Kremlin’s Obstruction of Elections – Domestically and Worldwide | EPDE and REM Launch Partnership
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) announces a new strategic partnership with the Russian Election Monitor (REM), an initiative providing an independent regional perspective on Russia’s electoral landscape, often overlooked in Moscow-centred narratives. The cooperation aims to deepen the understanding of the Kremlin’s methods of electoral manipulation and disinformation, while supporting efforts to safeguard […]
Webinar: Voter Lists and Voting Abroad: Accessibility, Accuracy, and Integrity | 15 August 2025 | 14:30 CET / 15:30 EEST
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), in co-organization with the Promo-LEX Association, is pleased to invite you to the third webinar of a series ahead of the 2025 parliamentary elections in Moldova. The third webinar explores the critical topics of voter registry management and diaspora voting in the context of the upcoming Parliamentary Election, […]
Strengthening Moldova’s Electoral Defenses: Legal Reforms Ahead of 2025 Parliamentary Elections (extended version)
The Republic of Moldova will hold parliamentary elections on 28 September 2025. The result of these elections will be a determining factor of whether Moldova continues its European Integration process or faces further challenges on this path. After the 2024 presidential elections and referendum, several updates have been included in the legislation governing the Moldovan […]
Strengthening Moldova’s Electoral Defenses: Legal Reforms Ahead of 2025 Parliamentary Elections
The Republic of Moldova will hold parliamentary elections on 28 September 2025 and their result will be a determining factor of whether Moldova continues its European Integration process. Following the 2024 presidential elections and referendum, and the multiple hybrid attacks aimed at undermining the integrity of the electoral processes, the Moldovan authorities made several significant […]
REPORT NO. 1 | Observation Mission for the parliamentary elections of 28 september 2025
on 22 July, the Promo-LEX Association launched the Observation Mission for the parliamentary elections of 28 September 2025 and presented its first monitoring report which covers the period from 17 April to 21 July 2025. The report highlights the main trends from the pre-election period, recent legislative amendments, and potential risks to the fairness and […]
Ukraine: Analytical note on legislative initiatives on changing electoral systems for local and parliamentary elections
Since the beginning of summer, discussions on post-war electoral legislation have intensified in the Ukrainian political establishment. In late June, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk noted that the parliament is developing a bill on organizing elections after the end of the war. Almost simultaneously, in late June and early July, two […]
Belarus | Four years of arbitrary detention – the crackdown on Viasna members must end
Four years after the detention of Viasna members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic and Uladzimir Labkovich, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, along with the EPDE and other organisations, urge the Belarusian authorities to uphold […]
Russia’s election watchdog and voter rights group disbands
Letzte unabhängige Wahlbeobachter in Russland geben auf
Defending Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age. EPDE at the Money in Politics Conference
EPDE board member Zosia Lutkiewicz, President of the Political Accountability Foundation, took part in the 2025 edition of the Money in Politics conference, held on 8-9 July in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The conference provided a focused platform for examining the growing vulnerabilities at the intersection of political finance and digital campaigning. This year, key […]