European praise for the "professionalism" and "competitiveness" of municipal elections in Turkey. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday welcomed the “calm’ and “professionalism” that characterized the municipal elections.
In turn, a European monitoring group said that the elections that took place the day before yesterday, Sunday, were competitive. But they took place in a "blatantly polarized environment, as more efforts must be made to ensure freedom of expression"