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PRESS RELEASE
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Ref. CG085(2025)
Congress to observe local elections in San Marino
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 the National Delegation of San Marino to the Congress, the Board of Township Councils and the youth delegate of San Marino to the Congress, the Secretariat of State for Internal Affairs, as well as the Electoral Commission. The delegation will also hold panel discussions with media and NGO representatives and briefings with candidates running in the elections. 
A press release with preliminary findings will be published on Monday 24 November at 13h00 (approx.) on the Congress website.
Congress delegation:
Christa CARPELAN, Finland, EPP/CCE, L, Head of Delegation
Sean O’BRIEN, Ireland, ILDG, L, Deputy-Head of Delegation
Angela BOYES, United-Kingdom, ILDG, L
Gabriela ILIEVSKA, North Macedonia, Not registered, L
Johan ROCKLIND, Sweden, SOC/G/PD, L
Expert:
Jelena JERINIC, Serbia, 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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