European Parliament
Mario Mauro  (PPE ),
in writing.
(IT)
I voted in favour of the joint motion for a resolution. The European Parliament must not lower its guard and must continue to press the Russian Government to introduce a package of legislative proposals, in compliance with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) recommendations, aimed at developing a truly democratic political system and including reforms to facilitate registration for both political parties and presidential candidates, and to address the restrictive application of registration rules, so as to allow genuinely free and fair elections as soon as possible.

