EU Election Observation - Achievements, Challenges

The deployment of EU Election Observation Missions (EOMs) has become a standard intervention of EU foreign policy over the last eight years. Since 2000, more than 50 EU EOMs have been deployed to Africa, the Middle East, Latin-America and Asia. The methodology of EU EOMs is being consolidated in line with international agreements in this field, but there is scope for further development of methodology e.g. observing e-voting, or the counting/aggregation/publication of results.