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EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Article 40 - Right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections

Article 40 - Right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections

Every citizen of the Union has the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he or she resides under the same conditions as nationals of that State.

    • Text:

      This Article corresponds to the right guaranteed by Article 20(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (cf. also the legal base in Article 22 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union for the adoption of detailed arrangements for the exercise of that right). In accordance with Article 52(2) of the Charter, it applies under the conditions defined in these Articles in the Treaties.

      Source:
      Official Journal of the European Union C 303/17 - 14.12.2007
      Preamble - Explanations relating to the Charter of Fundamental Rights:
      These explanations were originally prepared under the authority of the Praesidium of the Convention which drafted the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Although they do not as such have the status of law, they are a valuable tool of interpretation intended to clarify the provisions of the Charter.

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    • КОНСТИТУЦИЯ на Република България
      Country:
      Bulgaria

      Чл. 10. Изборите, националните и местните референдуми се произвеждат въз основа на общо, равно и пряко избирателно право с тайно гласуване. Чл. 42(1) Гражданите, навършили 18 години, с изключение на поставените под запрещение и изтърпяващите наказание лишаване от свобода, имат право да избират държавни и местни органи и да участват в допитвания до народа.(2) Организацията и редът за произвеждане на избори и референдуми се определят със закон.(3) (Нова - ДВ, бр. 18 от 2005 г.) Изборите за членове на Европейския парламент и участието на граждани на Европейския съюз в избори за местни органи се уреждат със закон.

    • De Belgische Grondwet
      Country:
      Belgium

      Artikel 8De staat van Belg wordt verkregen, behouden en verloren volgens de regelen bij de burgerlijke wet gesteld.De Grondwet en de overige wetten op de politieke rechten bepalen welke de vereisten zijn waaraan men moet voldoen, benevens de staat van Belg, om die rechten te kunnen uitoefenen.In afwijking van het tweede lid kan de wet het stemrecht regelen van de burgers van de Europese Unie die niet de Belgische nationaliteit hebben, overeenkomstig de internationale en supranationale verplichtingen van België. Het stemrecht bedoeld in het vorige lid kan door de wet worden uitgebreid tot de in België verblijvende niet-Europese Unie onderdanen, onder de voorwaarden en op de wijze door haar bepaald.

    • La Constitution Belge
      Country:
      Belgium

      Article 8La qualité de Belge s'acquiert, se conserve et se perd d'après les règles déterminées par la loi civile. La Constitution et les autres lois relatives aux droits politiques, déterminent quelles sont, outre cette qualité, les conditions nécessaires pour l'exercice de ces droits.Par dérogation à l'alinéa 2, la loi peut organiser le droit de vote des citoyens de l'Union européenne n'ayant pas la nationalité belge, conformément aux obligations internationales et supranationales de la Belgique. Le droit de vote visé à l'alinéa précédent peut être étendu par la loi aux résidents en Belgique qui ne sont pas des ressortissants d'un Etat membre de l'Union européenne, dans les conditions et selon les modalités déterminées par ladite loi.

    • The Belgian Constitution
      Country:
      Belgium

      Article 8The status as a Belgian citizen is acquired, kept and lost according to rules established by civil law.The Constitution and the other laws concerning political rights, establish, apart from this status, the necessary conditions for the exercising of these rights. In a departure from the second paragraph, the law can, in accordance with Belgium’s international and supranational obligations, establish a right to vote for citizens of the European Union who are not Belgian citizens. The right to vote referred to in the preceding paragraph can be extended by a law to Belgian residents who are not citizens of a Member State of the European Union, under the conditions and in accordance with the terms specifi ed in such a law.

    • Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (B-VG)
      Country:
      Austria

      Artikel 117(...) (2) Der Gemeinderat wird auf Grund des gleichen, unmittelbaren, persönlichen, freien und geheimen Wahlrechtes der männlichen und weiblichen Staatsbürger, die in der Gemeinde ihren Hauptwohnsitz haben, nach den Grundsätzen der Verhältniswahl gewählt. Die Wahlordnung kann jedoch vorsehen, dass auch Staatsbürger, die in der Gemeinde einen Wohnsitz, nicht aber den Hauptwohnsitz haben, wahlberechtigt sind. Die Wahlordnung darf die Bedingungen des Wahlrechtes und der Wählbarkeit nicht enger ziehen als die Landtagswahlordnung; es kann jedoch bestimmt werden, dass Personen, die sich noch nicht ein Jahr in der Gemeinde aufhalten, dann nicht wahlberechtigt und wählbar sind, wenn ihr Aufenthalt in der Gemeinde offensichtlich nur vorübergehend ist. Unter den in der Wahlordnung festzulegenden Bedingungen sind auch Staatsangehörige anderer Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union wahlberechtigt und wählbar. Die Wahlordnung kann bestimmen, dass die Wähler ihr Wahlrecht in Wahlkreisen ausüben, von denen jeder ein geschlossenes Gebiet umfassen muss. Eine Gliederung der Wählerschaft in andere Wahlkörper ist nicht zulässig. Art. 26 Abs. 6 ist sinngemäß anzuwenden. Für den Fall, dass keine Wahlvorschläge eingebracht werden, kann in der Wahlordnung bestimmt werden, dass Personen als gewählt gelten, deren Namen auf den Stimmzetteln am häufigsten genannt werden.

    • Constitution of the Republic of Austria
      Country:
      Austria

      Article 117(...) (2) The municipal council is elected on the basis of proportional representation by equal, direct, personal and secret suffrage by the male and female federal nationals who have their principal domicile in the municipality. The election regulations laws can however stipulate that also national who have a domicile, but not their principal domicile, in the municipality, are entitled to vote. In the electoral regulations the conditions for suffrage and electoral eligibility may not be more restrictive than in the electoral regulations for the Provincial Parliament; the provision can however be made that individuals who have not yet been a year resident in the municipality shall not be entitled to vote or to stand for election to the municipal council if their residence in the municipality is manifestly temporary. Among the conditions to be laid down by the election regulation is the entitlement to suffrage and electoral eligibility also for nationals of other European member states. The electoral regulation can provide that the voters exercise their suffrage in self-contained constituencies. A division of the electorate into other electoral bodies is not admissible. Art. 26 para 6 shall apply mutatis mutandis. The electoral regulations can, in cases where no election proposals are brought forward, decree that individuals shall be deemed elected whose names appear most frequently on the ballot papers.

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