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PRESS RELEASE
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Ref. CG067(2025)
Council of Europe Congress to observe local elections in North Macedonia
The delegation will meet with members of the delegation of North Macedonia to the Congress, representatives of the international community and the President of the State Election Commission. The delegation will also hold panel discussions with media and NGO representatives, and attend briefings with candidates and representatives of political parties. Joint briefings are also scheduled with the OSCE/ODIHR Core Team.
A joint press conference with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and a delegation of the European Parliament, presenting the preliminary findings of the mission, will be held on Monday 20 October at 15h00 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel (ASNOM 17 Blvd., Skopje, 1000) in room “Platinum 1”.
Congress delegation
Gobnait NI MHUIMNEACAIN, Ireland, ILDG, L, Head of Delegation
Katrien PARTYKA, Belgium, EPP/CCE, L, Deputy-Head of Delegation
Kirsten Morild Vincent ANDERSEN, Denmark, SOC/G/PD, R (w)
Brian BAATZSCH, Germany, SOC/G/PD, R
Zdenek BROZ, Czechia, ILDG, L
Zana GUMUS, Türkiye, SOC/G/PD, R
Gyorgy ILLES, Hungary, ILDG, L
Michael ROSENBERG, Sweden, ECR, L
Tamara SNOFL, Slovenia, SOC/G/PD, L
Sevdia UGREKHELIDZE, Georgia, EPP/CCE, L
Expert
Nathania TABONE, Congress expert on electoral matters
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is an institution of the Council of Europe, responsible for strengthening local and regional democracy in its 46 member states. Composed of two chambers – the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions – and three committees, it brings together 612 elected officials representing more than 130 000 local and regional authorities.
President of the Congress: Marc Cools (Belgium, ILDG), President of the Chamber of Local Authorities: Bernd Vöhringer (Germany, EPP/CCE), President of the Chamber of Regions: Cecilia Dalman Eek (Sweden, SOC/G/PD).
Political groups: Group of Socialists, Greens and Progressive Democrats (SOC/G/PD), Group of the European Peoples Party (EPP/CCE), Independent Liberal and Democratic Group (ILDG), European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR).
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