​The EA President Uno Silberg took part in an election observation mission in Ukraine on 23-25 May jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the Committee of the Regions.
The members had been assigned different polling stations where they could observe the voting procedures and report about any irregularity.

According to what the observer could see, the local elections held in a number of Ukrainian regions on May 25 have received a positive assessment.

The delegation welcomed the fact that "the Ukrainian authorities took into consideration the past joint recommendations of the Congress and the CoR, notably the changes of the voters' list in order to reduce possible fraud, the decisions of the election commissions in order to make them more democratic and transparent, the rights of domestic election observers who are allowed to challenge irregularities, and the direct election of the Mayor of Kiev".

However, as highlighted by Dr Silberg, the delegation regretted the fact that local elections were held on the same day as the vote for the new President of Ukraine with much of the attention focussed on the national vote.