Press Release: European Union deploys Election Observation Mission to Lebanon

An EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) is being deployed for the next legislative elections in Lebanon scheduled to take place on 7 June 2009. The EU EOM will consist of some 90 observers and will be led by Mr José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Member of the European Parliament, who also led the previous EU EOM to Lebanon in 2005. This mission represents a further contribution by the European Commission to strengthening democracy in Lebanon.