European Commission ( EC) stood up for European Parliament delegation ( The EP, which will observe elections in Serbia after official Belgrade rejected its composition.
As concrete as to election monitoring missions, I want to be clear: we take very seriously all efforts to discredit MEPs who participate in the election survey, European Commission spokesman Christian Wiegand said during a news conference.
He stressed that the work of the delegation is based on clear standards, impartiality and multi-year expertise.
Therefore, we expect all countries, including, of course, candidate countries and potential candidates [for membership in the European Union], to co-operate constructively and transparently with international election monitoring efforts, the spokesman in Brussels said.
The establishment of a long-term Organisation for Security and Co-operation mission in Europe [ O The SEU] for monitoring elections, by the way, at the request of Serbian authorities, as well as directed invitations The EP is significant steps towards ensuring reliable election monitoring and supporting the contribution of local observers to the integrity of the election process, he added.
This response came after Parliament Speaker Roberta Metsola, in which she voiced opposition to the composition of the delegation, especially for the appointment of Eurodeput Andreas Schieder as its leader.
According to Brnabiqi, the so far public activity of several delegation members testifies to his full political integrity.
After receiving the letter, The EP announced it has no intention of changing the composition of the delegation, which will observe early parliamentary elections in Serbia, to be held on Sunday, October 25th.
On October 22nd, the letter also answered Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker, who said Vienna does not consider critical of Schieder, who is from Austria.
Speaking of elections to be held in Serbia on 25 October, spokesman Wiegand said the EU is closely following the upcoming voting process.
Free, fair and transparent elections are at the core of European democracy. They should be organised in line with European and international standards, he said.
Meanwhile, days ago, similar calls for free and fair elections made another group of American senators from the two main parties in the United States.
Source Layer: Dukeagini