Zimbabwe-EU relations took a turn for the worse after the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Zimbabwe released its final report on the August 2023 elections.

The EU Observer Mission accuses the Zimbabwean government of blocking the presentation of its final election report by imposing restrictions on the delegation.

In the aftermath of the polls, the EU Embassy in Harare announced that Brussels would withdraw its 5 million US dollars in financial support to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.

This according to them is due to a lack of independence and transparency and how the Commission conducted the country’s August general elections. The Zimbabwean government has dismissed the report as biased and misleading.

Zimbabwean Information Minister, Jenfan Muswere says the reports were manipulated the discredit the election outcome.