The 83rd meeting of the Council for Democratic Elections was held online, on 6 June 2025. During this meeting, the Council discussed in particular the following points:

• Election of a Vice-Chair of the Council of Democratic Elections of the Council of Europe on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
• Haiti – Opinion on the draft referendum decree;
• Hungary – Opinion on Act LXXIX of 2024 amending certain laws relating to elections.

The Council for Democratic Elections is the only tripartite body of the Council of Europe, comprising members of the Venice Commission, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. Its aim is to unite the legal experience of the Venice Commission and the political experience of the Assembly and the Congress and to examine all the opinions relating to States and documents of a general nature concerning elections before their submission for adoption by the Venice Commission.

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