Foreign diplomats in Hungary briefed about EP elections

The presidents of the National Election Office (NVI) and the National Election Committee (NVB) on Monday briefed foreign diplomats accredited to Hungary about the European Parliament elections set for 9 June and the municipal and minority self-government elections also to be held on the same day, the two organisations said in a joint statement.

Foreign diplomats briefed about EP elections

NVI head Attila Nagy gave an outline of the tasks of election offices, Hungary’s election law, the election system and its provisions regulating the three election procedures.

NVB head Robert Sasvári gave a presentation about the duties of the election committees and basic rules on legal remedy.

The briefing was attended by close to 60 diplomats representing more than 45 countries.

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