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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. File photo RIO DE JANEIRO, May 4. The European Union failed to agree on the conditions for the work of the observer mission in Brazil in the October presidential elections and will not take part in them, the South American Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) said. «During preliminary negotiations with representatives of the European Union, the TSE stated that all the necessary conditions were not met for a comprehensive election observation mission, which includes the arrival of dozens of technical specialists and various issues related to the electoral system, to be viable,» the court said in a statement. organizing the elections. The document specifies that if the need and interest of both parties are confirmed in the coming months, the participation of EU members in the electoral process can be organized «in a limited format of a technical nature.» Missions of the Organization of American States will observe the elections in Brazil in October , the MERCOSUR parliament and the electoral network Communities of Portuguese-speaking countries, confirmed in the TSE. Representatives of the Carter Center and Ifes International Foundation for Electoral Systems from the United States and the Inter-American Union of Electoral Organizations Uniore are participating in the negotiation process. Russia in the world