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On July 1, Sweden took over the Presidency of the European Union. The country holding the Presidency leads the Council of the European Union and acts as the driving force behind the European Union's legislative and political work. It was in this capacity that today the European Union said in a statement that the Union welcomed the recent Presidential elections in Mauritania.
The elections are a crucial part of the consensual Dakar agreement that constitutes the framework for a return to a constitutional order in Mauritania. The European Union stressed the need for an inclusive national dialog to be sustained. The European Union noted that, according to international observers, the elections took place in a calm atmosphere, without major incidents. However, the released statement provided that allegations of electoral fraud should be properly investigated and decided upon by the competent Mauritanian institutions in accordance with national law and international standards. The European Union, as stated in the release, is looking forward to the final certification by the Constitutional Council before assessing the results of the election.
The European Union encourages all parties in Mauritania to continue to support the peaceful return to
the democratic process that was interrupted by the coup one year ago, thus paving the way
for a normalization in the European Union's relationship with Mauritania.
The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, and the EFTA countries Iceland and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia and Georgia align themselves with this declaration.
The European Union's statement provided that Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to be part of the Stabilization and Association Process.
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