In view of the variety of national practices and taking into account the risk of confusion between political and legal responsibility, the best way to address these questions would be not to provide any list, in the legislation, of permissible grounds for mayors’ recall. This will be more in line with the political nature of the process, and its understanding as a political act involving the “loss of confidence” on the part of the electors. In order to avoid excessive recourse to recall procedures, which could put into question the stability and the functioning of institutions, legislation should provide for high procedural requirements, in particular concerning the initiative of the recall and, possibly, its timing – no recall during a certain period after/before elections or the failure of a recall procedure/the rejection of the recall in a popular vote (see the next paragraphs).