Strasbourg, 26.02.2025 – A ten-member delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, led by David Eray (Switzerland, EPP/CCE), will carry out a mission from 28 February to 3 March 2025 to observe the elections for the Bürgerschaft (State Parliament) of Hamburg, Germany, planned on 2 March.
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
See also: Congress webpage on the observation of local and regional elections
Contact : Stéphanie Poirel, stephanie.poirel@coe.int Tel. +33 6 63550710
