Summary of project in English

In March 2010 The Anti Corruption Program ran by the Stefan Batory Foundation presented the monitoring report on the 2009 European Elections. This report intended to reflect upon the methods and actions used by Polish candidates to the European Parliament and present conclusions and expose common infractions of the electoral law as well as suggest needed changes.

This brief is a summary of the report including the main points and explaining the common infractions reported by the Anti Corruption Program as well as a memo from the conference during which the results of the report were presented and discussed. In addition to the description of the event, the memo will include the main issues raised by the panel and the audience. The conference was lead by a panel including representatives from the Anti Corruption Program - Grażyna Kopińska and Adam Sawicki. Further members of the panel included two guest speakers - MEP Rafał Trzaskowski and Witold Gintowt-Dziewiałtowski, Polish MP and head of the parliamentary Select Committee on the Changes to the Electoral Law, to which the Batory Foundation is very grateful for their participation.

Summary of the report and conference brief [PDF 404 KB]

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