(AGENPARL) – mer 26 febbraio 2025 Image
PRESS RELEASE
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Ref. CG007(2025)
Congress to observe regional elections in Hamburg
The delegation will meet President of the Hamburg Parliament Carola Veit, Head of the Senate Chancellery of Hamburg Jan Pörksen and Land Returning Officer for Hamburg Oliver Roudolf, as well as representatives of political parties and candidates running in the elections. The delegation will also hold panel discussions with media and NGO representatives, and meet members of the German delegation to the Congress.
On election day, six Congress teams will be deployed randomly throughout the city to observe electoral procedures at polling stations.
A press briefing to introduce the mission, with Head of Delegation David Eray and Deputy Head Günes Pehlivan (Türkiye, SOC/G/PD), will be organised on Friday 28 February from 17h30 to 18h00 at the Hotel Courtyard by Marriott (Adenauerallee 52, 20097 Hamburg) in Meeting Room Hamburg 1+2.
A press conference presenting the preliminary findings of the mission will be held on Monday 3 March at 11h00 at the Hotel Courtyard by Marriott (Adenauerallee 52, 20097 Hamburg) in Meeting Room London.
Congress Delegation:
Mr David ERAY, Switzerland (R, EPP/CCE), Head of Delegation
Ms Günes PEHLIVAN, Türkiye (R, SOC/G/PD), Deputy Head of Delegation
Ms Danela ARSOVSKA, North Macedonia (L, EPP/CCE)
Ms Christa CARPELAN, Finland (R, EPP/CCE)
Mr Sotiraq FILO, Albania (R, SOC/G/PD)
Ms Jana FISCHEROVA, Czechia (L, ECR)
Mr Viorel FURDUI, Republic of Moldova (L, ILDG)
Mr Ott KASURI, Estonia (L, ILDG)
Mr Anders KNAPE, Sweden (L, EPP/CCE
Mr Igor STOJANOVIC, Bosnia and Herzegovina (R, SOC/G/PD)
Expert
Tobias JAMES, Professor, Congress expert on electoral matters
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Communication Unit
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: Tunç Soyer (Türkiye, 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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