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Committee of Ministers agrees checklist to stop “worrying trend” of election winners abusing power

Committee of Ministers 5 February 2020 Strasbourg

The Committee of Ministers has today agreed a checklist aimed at ensuring that election winners uphold democratic practices. The checklist – compiled by the Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s constitutional expert group – gives governments guidelines on how to maintain the checks and...

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