The 82nd meeting of the Council for Democratic Elections was held on 13 March 2025 in Venice, Italy. During this meeting, the Council approved:

• the draft Opinion on the amendments to the Organic Law "Election Code of Georgia", pertaining to local elections;
• the draft Opinion on the draft constitutional amendments to Article 99 of the Constitution of Peru concerning the accountability of members of election management bodies; and
• the draft Opinion on the Emergency Ordinance regarding the merger of the 2024 elections for the European Parliament and for the local authorities of Romania.

The Council was informed of the urgent report on the cancellation of the election results by the constitutional courts.

• Link to annotated agenda

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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