The Venice Commission considers that restrictions on the rights to political participation should be assessed against multiple factors, such as constitutional values, political tradition and social context, a country’s own history, the concentration of power in a political system, and the broader political and social trends. Democracies differ profoundly – in terms of checks and balances or scope of governments’ accountability and responsiveness – so that elements that could deeply affect the relations between voters and representatives, like term limits, should be carefully analysed. Concerns as to what enhances the credibility of the democratic institutions should also be taken into account.