The amendments to the Criminal Code, the Law on Counteracting Extremist Activity, and the Law on the Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova reinforce the legal and institutional framework for preventing and addressing extremist and hostile interference in the electoral process. They expand and refine the definitions of extremist activity, introduce or strengthen criminal liability for involvement in extremist organisations and the dissemination of extremist materials, enable the suspension or liquidation of organisations engaged in extremist conduct through expedited judicial procedures, and align substantive criminal law with procedural and intelligence-gathering tools. They also clarify the mandate of the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS) in relation to the identification and prevention of threats to democratic processes.