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2025
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
In line with international standards, the legal framework should be amended to set up an independent campaign finance oversight body, with sufficient human resources, funding and investigative mechanisms.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Party and Campaign Finance
Germany
2025
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance transparency and enable voters to make a fully informed choice, consideration should be given to establishing periodic, detailed, timely and transparent reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures, including timely publishing of such reports before election day.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Party and Campaign Finance
Germany
2025
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
To further enhance transparency and safeguard the integrity of election results, preliminary and final election results should be published disaggregated by polling station.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Day
Germany
2025
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
As previously recommended, consideration should be given to amending the legislation to explicitly guarantee the access of citizen and international observers to all stages of the electoral process, in line with international commitments.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Citizen and International Observation
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Observation
Germany
2025
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
To support the development of targeted strategies for enhancing women’s participation, disaggregated data on gender representation in the election administration should be collected and published in a comprehensive manner.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of Women
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Germany
2025
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance transparency, the election administration at all levels should hold public sessions, and publish the draft agendas and minutes of relevant sessions, while duly respecting applicable data privacy legislation.
Recommendation # in final report:
11
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Germany
2025
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration could be given to provide voters with the opportunity to return their ballots within timelines that ensure their votes are received and counted.
Recommendation # in final report:
12
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Germany
2025
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
The Federal Election Regulation should be amended to instruct electoral boards to check the ID and verify the presence of the voters’ name in the voter list prior to issuing them the ballot.
Recommendation # in final report:
13
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Germany
2025
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
Provisions for assisted voting should be reconsidered to exclude that the same person assists multiple voters. The right to assisted voting should be extended to voting in postal voting centres.
Recommendation # in final report:
14
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Germany
2025
Early election
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
The existing regulatory framework and its practical implementation would benefit from further review to ensure the secrecy of vote in postal voting centres.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
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