Resources

NDI Post-Election Statement on June 1 Macedonia Parliamentary Elections

Macedonia held parliamentary elections on June 1 after a vigorously contested campaign. International and domestic nonpartisan observers concluded that the elections were generally well administered.

Code of Conduct for Free and Fair Parliamentary Elections

Code of conduct outlining a set of election standards and committing Macedonian political leaders to adhere to them in order to gain acceptance into the European Union.

2008 Macedonia Pre-election Report

Citizens of Macedonia go to the polls this coming Sunday, June 1, to vote for a new parliament. The snap elections come on the heels of Macedonia’s inability to secure an invitation to join NATO at April’s Bucharest summit following objections by Greece regarding the country’s constitutional name. The conduct of the elections—the extent to which they are judged as democratic—will have much to say about Macedonia’s continued prospects for Euroatlantic integration.

Serbia’s May 2008 Elections: A Pre-election View From Belgrade

Identity Manual

The Central and Eastern Europe program’s regional political party development and policymaking initiative, funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), has developed this manual as a tool to clarify political identity and the ways ideologies reflect shared values.