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PRESS RELEASE
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Ref. CG084(2025)
Congress to observe early elections for president of Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is the political assembly representing local and regional governments across the 46 member States, responsible for promoting and monitoring local democracy.
The delegation will meet with members of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, representatives of the diplomatic corps and the international community and members of the delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Congress. The delegation will also hold panel discussions with media and NGO representatives and 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/ODIHR and the European Parliament delegation, presenting the preliminary findings of the mission, will be held on Monday 24 November at 15:00, Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, Prvog krajiškog korpusa 33, Banja Luka 78000.
Congress delegation:
Bernd VOHRINGER, Germany, EPP/CCE, L, Head of Delegation
James MOLONEY, Ireland, ILDG, L, Deputy-Head of Delegation
Emvin BARTOLO, Malta, EPP/CCE, L
Jana FISCHEROVA, Czechia, ECR, L
Marcin GOLASZEWSKI, Poland, EPP/CCE, L
Zana GUMUS, Türkiye, SOC/G/PD, L
Gyorgy ILLES, Hungary, ILGD, L
Ott KASURI, Estonia, ILGD, L
Dominique LEVEQUE, France, SOC/G/PD, L
Karin THOMASSON, Sweden, SOC/G/PD, R
Samira HUSEYNOVA, Azerbaijan, SOC/G/PD, L
Iuliia VUSENKO, Ukraine, EPP/CCE, L
Expert
Giammaria MILANI, Congress expert on electoral matters
Composed of two chambers – the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions – and three committees, the Congress 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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