How do foreign nationals feel about Estonia's decision to revoke their voting rights?
How do foreign nationals feel about Estonia's decision to revoke their voting rights?
Last week, the Riigikogu voted to strip almost all foreign citizens living in Estonia of their voting rights in local elections. ERR News spoke to several about how they view the decision.
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Wait is this the case with other countries in EU? If I will be resident of France can I vote for local elections without French passport? Or in Spain without Spanish passport??
Don't know if it's true for all EU countries but it's very common I think, although "local" elections meaning municipal elections, not the "local" federal elections.
Same as what the others said: in France, non-French EU citizens can vote for EU parliament and municipal elections (electing a mayor). However, you need French citizenship in order to vote for your parliamentary representative (which could be misunderstood as "local" as it is on a district level), and for presidential elections.
I'm actually curious to know why local elections specifically, if it's an EU directive or just "common" ?
You can't just drive around and vote everywhere . You'll need permanent residence.
EU citizens are allowed to live and work anywhere in EU, so by default they are also allowed to vote in their municipality where they live. info
I don't know if the following applies everywhere, but where I live this also includes people from outside EU, if they are allowed to live here permanently.
National elections require citizenship.
If you come from elsewhere in the EU, yes, you can always vote in local elections and european parliament elections where you live. If you're from elsewhere, it depends on local law.