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.
    • Romeo Kalda v. National Electoral Committee (Vabariigi Valimiskomisjon)
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      National Court/Tribunal
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      Supreme Court of Estonia (Constitutional Review Chamber)
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    • Romania / Constitution of Romania
      Country:
      Romania

      Article 36(1) Every citizen having turned eighteen up to or on the election day shall have the right to vote. (2) The mentally deficient or alienated persons, laid under interdiction, as well as the persons disenfranchised by a final decision of the court cannot vote.

      Article 37(1) Eligibility is granted to all citizens having the right to vote, who meet the requirements in Article 16 (3), unless they are forbidden to join a political party, in accordance with Article 40 (3).(2) Candidates must have turned, up to or on the election day, at least twenty-three in order to be elected to the Chamber of Deputies or the bodies of local public administration, at least thirty-three in order to be elected to the Senate, and at least thirty-five in order to be elected to the office of President of Romania.

      Article 38 After Romania's accession to the European Union, Romanian citizens shall have the right to elect and be elected to the European Parliament.

      Article 62(1) The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate shall be elected by universal, equal, direct, secret and free suffrage, in accordance with the electoral law. (2) Organizations of citizens belonging to national minorities, which fail to obtain the number of votes for representation in Parliament, have the right to one Deputy seat each, under the terms of the electoral law. Citizens of a national minority are entitled to be represented by one organization only.(3) The number of Deputies and Senators shall be established by the electoral law, in proportion to the population of Romania.

      Article 81(1) The President of Romania shall be elected by universal, equal, direct, secret an free suffrage.(2) The candidate who, in the first ballot, obtained a majority of votes of the electors entered on the electoral lists shall be declared elected. (3) In case no candidate has obtained such a majority, a second ballot shall be held between the first two candidates highest in the order of the number of votes cast for them in the first ballot. The candidate having the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected.(4) No one may hold the office of President of Romania but for two terms of office at the most, that can also be consecutive.

    • Slovakia / Constitution of the Slovak Republic
      Country:
      Slovakia

      Article 30 (1) Citizens have the right to participate in the administration of public affairs either directly or through the free election of their representatives. Foreigners with a permanent residence on the territory of the Slovak Republic have the right to vote and be elected in the self-administration bodies of municipalities and self-administration bodies of superior territorial units. (2) Elections must be held within deadlines not exceeding the regular electoral period as laid down by law. (3) The right to vote is universal, equal, and direct and is exercised by means of secret ballot. Conditions for exercising the right to vote shall be laid down by law.(4) Citizens have access to elected and other public posts under equal conditions.

    • Czechia / Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
      Country:
      Czechia

      Article 21 (1) Citizens have the right to participate in the administration of public affairs either directly or through the free election of their representatives. (2) Elections must be held within terms not exceeding the regular electoral terms provided for by law. (3) The right to vote is universal and equal, and shall be exercised by secret ballot. The conditions for exercising the right to vote shall be provided for by law. (4) Citizens shall have access, on an equal basis, to any elective and other public office.

    • Netherlands / Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
      Country:
      Netherlands

      Article 130 The right to elect members of a municipal council and the right to be a member of a municipal council may be granted by Act of Parliament to residents who are not Dutch nationals provided they fulfil at least the requirements applicable to residents who are Dutch nationals.

    • Spain / Constitution of the Kingdom of Spain
      Country:
      Spain

      Article 13 Only Spaniards shall have the rights recognised in section 23, except in cases which may be established by treaty or by law concerning the right to vote and the right to be elected in municipal elections, and subject to the principle of reciprocity. (This text includes the first constitutional reform adopted on 27/08/1992; which added the words «and the right to be elected» to the paragraph).
      ...
      Article 23 1. Citizens have the right to participate in public affairs, directly or through representatives freely elected in periodic elections by universal suffrage. 2. They also have the right to accede under conditions of equality to public functions and positions, in accordance with the requirements laid down by the law.

    • Constituição da República Portuguesa
      Country:
      Portugal

      Artigo 15.º (Estrangeiros, apátridas, cidadãos europeus) 4. A lei pode atribuir a estrangeiros residentes no território nacional, em condições de reciprocidade, capacidade eleitoral activa e passiva para a eleição dos titulares de órgãos de autarquias locais. 5. A lei pode ainda atribuir, em condições de reciprocidade, aos cidadãos dos Estados-membros da União Europeia residentes em Portugal o direito de elegerem e serem eleitos Deputados ao Parlamento Europeu. Artigo 49.º (Direito de sufrágio) 1. Têm direito de sufrágio todos os cidadãos maiores de dezoito anos, ressalvadas as incapacidades previstas na lei geral. 2. O exercício do direito de sufrágio é pessoal e constitui um dever cívico. Artigo 50.º (Direito de acesso a cargos públicos) 1. Todos os cidadãos têm o direito de acesso, em condições de igualdade e liberdade, aos cargos públicos. 2. Ninguém pode ser prejudicado na sua colocação, no seu emprego, na sua carreira profissional ou nos benefícios sociais a que tenha direito, em virtude do exercício de direitos políticos ou do desempenho de cargos públicos. 3. No acesso a cargos electivos a lei só pode estabelecer as inelegibilidades necessárias para garantir a liberdade de escolha dos eleitores e a isenção e independência do exercício dos respectivos cargos. Artigo 109.º (Participação política dos cidadãos) A participação directa e activa de homens e mulheres na vida política constitui condição e instrumento fundamental de consolidação do sistema democrático, devendo a lei promover a igualdade no exercício dos direitos cívicos e políticos e a não discriminação em função do sexo no acesso a cargos políticos. Artigo 113.º (Princípios gerais de direito eleitoral) 1. O sufrágio directo, secreto e periódico constitui a regra geral de designação dos titulares dos órgãos electivos da soberania, das regiões autónomas e do poder local.

    • Constitution of the Portuguese Republic
      Country:
      Portugal

      Article 15 (Foreigners, stateless persons, European citizens) (4) Under reciprocal terms, the law may accord foreigners who reside in Portugal the eligibility to vote for and stand for election as officeholders of local authority organs. (5) Under reciprocal terms, the law may also accord citizens of European Union Member States who reside in Portugal the eligibility to vote for and stand for election as Members of the European Parliament. Article 49 (Right to vote) (1) Every citizen who has attained the age of eighteen years has the right to vote, subject to the incapacities provided for in the general law. (2) The right to vote shall be exercised personally and constitutes a civic duty. Article 50 (Right of access to public office) (1) Every citizen has the right of access to public office under equal and free conditions. (2) No one may be prejudiced in his appointments, job or professional career or the social benefits to which he is entitled, due to the exercise of political rights or of public office. (3) In governing the right of access to elected office, the law may only lay down the ineligibilities needed to guarantee both the electors’ freedom of choice, and independence and absence of bias in the exercise of the offices in question. Article 109 (Citizens’ participation in politics) The direct and active participation in political life by men and women is a condition for and a fundamental instrument in the consolidation of the democratic system, and the law must promote both equality in the exercise of civic and political rights and the absence of gender-based discrimination in access to political office. Article 113 (General principles of electoral law) (1) Direct, secret and periodic suffrage is the general rule for the appointment of the officeholders of the elected entities that exercise sovereignty, elected organs of autonomous regions and elected local government organs.

    • Constitution of the Republic of Poland
      Country:
      Poland

      Article 62.1. If, no later than on the day of vote, he has attained 18 years of age, Polish citizen shall have the right to participate in a referendum and the right to vote for the President of the Republic of Poland as well as representatives to the Sejm and Senate and organs of local government. 2. Persons who, by a final judgment of a court, have been subjected to legal incapacitation or deprived of public or electoral rights, shall have no right to participate in a referendum nor a right to vote.Article 99.1. Every citizen having the right to vote, who, no later than on the day of the elections, has attained the age of 21 years, shall be eligible to be elected to the Sejm.2. Every citizen having the right to vote, who, no later than on the day of the elections, has attained the age of 30 years, shall be eligible to be elected to the Senate.3. No person sentenced to imprisonment by a final judgment for an intentional indictable offence may be elected to the Sejm or the Senate.

    • Constitution of the Republic of Poland
      Country:
      Poland

      Article 621. If, no later than on the day of vote, he has attained 18 years of age, Polish citizen shall have the right to participate in a referendum and the right to vote for the President of the Republic of Poland as well as representatives to the Sejm and Senate and organs of local government. 2. Persons who, by a final judgment of a court, have been subjected to legal incapacitation or deprived of public or electoral rights, shall have no right to participate in a referendum nor a right to vote.Article 991. Every citizen having the right to vote, who, no later than on the day of the elections, has attained the age of 21 years, shall be eligible to be elected to the Sejm.2. Every citizen having the right to vote, who, no later than on the day of the elections, has attained the age of 30 years, shall be eligible to be elected to the Senate.3. No person sentenced to imprisonment by a final judgment for an intentional indictable offence may be elected to the Sejm or the Senate.

    • Konstytucja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
      Country:
      Poland

      Art. 62.1. Obywatel polski ma prawo udziału w referendum oraz prawo wybierania Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej, posłów, senatorów i przedstawicieli do organów samorządu terytorialnego, jeżeli najpóźniej w dniu głosowania kończy 18 lat.2. Prawo udziału w referendum oraz prawo wybierania nie przysługuje osobom, które prawomocnym orzeczeniem sądowym są ubezwłasnowolnione lub pozbawione praw publicznych albo wyborczych.Art. 99.1. Wybrany do Sejmu może być obywatel polski mający prawo wybierania, który najpóźniej w dniu wyborów kończy 21 lat.2. Wybrany do Senatu może być obywatel polski mający prawo wybierania, który najpóźniej w dniu wyborów kończy 30 lat.3. Wybraną do Sejmu lub do Senatu nie może być osoba skazana prawomocnym wyrokiem na karę pozbawienia wolności za przestępstwo umyślne ścigane z oskarżenia publicznego.

    • Constitution of Malta
      Country:
      Malta

      Article 57 Subject to the provisions of article 58 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be registered as a voter for the election of members of the House of Representatives if, and shall not be qualified to be so registered unless -(a) he is a citizen of Malta;(b) he has attained the age of eighteen years; and(c) he is resident in Malta and has during the eighteen months immediately preceding his registration been a resident for a continuous period of six months or for periods amounting in the aggregate to six months: Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to a person who is ordinarily resident in Malta but has not been resident in Malta as required by this paragraph by reason of service abroad in the public service, including service in the offices referred to in subarticle (3) of article 124 of this Constitution, or by reason of service abroad in, or as a member of, a disciplined force as defined in article 47 of this Constitution.58. No person shall be qualified to be registered as a voter for the election of members of the House of Representatives if -(a) he is interdicted or incapacitated for any mental infirmity by a court in Malta or is otherwise determined in Malta to be of unsound mind;(b) he is under sentence of death imposed on him by any court in Malta or is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) exceeding twelve months imposed on him by such a court or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by such a court, or is under such a sentence of imprisonment the execution of which has been suspended; or(c) he is disqualified for registration as a voter by or under any law for the time being in force in Malta by reason of his having been convicted of any offence connected with the election of members of the House of Representatives.

    • Constitution du Grand Duche de Luxembourg
      Country:
      Luxembourg

      Article 9. (…) la loi peut conférer l’exercice de droits politiques à des non-Luxembourgeois. Article 107.(2) Il y a dans chaque commune un conseil communal élu directement par les habitants de la commune; les conditions pour être électeur ou éligible sont réglées par la loi.

    • Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
      Country:
      Luxembourg

      Article 9. (…) the law can confer the exercise of political rights on non-Luxembourgers. Article 107.(2) There is in each commune a communal council directly elected by the inhabitants of the commune; the conditions to be an elector or eligible are regulated by the law.

    • Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania
      Country:
      Lithuania

      Article 34. Citizens who, on the day of election, have reached 18 years of age, shall have the electoral right.The right to be elected shall be established by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and by the election laws. Citizens who are recognised incapable by court shall not participate in elections.

    • Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucija
      Country:
      Lithuania

      34 straipsnis. Piliečiai, kuriems rinkimų dieną yra sukakę 18 metų, turi rinkimų teisę. Teisę būti išrinktam nustato Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucija ir rinkimų įstatymai. Rinkimuose nedalyvauja piliečiai, kurie teismo pripažinti neveiksniais.

    • Constitution of the Republic of Latvia
      Country:
      Latvia

      101. Every citizen of Latvia has the right, as provided for by law, to participate in the work of the State and of local government, and to hold a position in the civil service. Local governments shall be elected by Latvian citizens and citizens of the European Union who permanently reside in Latvia. Every citizen of the European Union who permanently resides in Latvia has the right, as provided by law, to participate in the work of local governments. The working language of local governments is the Latvian language.

    • Latvijas Republikas Satversme
      Country:
      Latvia

      101. Ikvienam Latvijas pilsonim ir tiesības likumā paredzētajā veidā piedalīties valsts un pašvaldību darbībā, kā arī pildīt valsts dienestu.Pašvaldības ievēlē pilntiesīgi Latvijas pilsoņi un Eiropas Savienības pilsoņi, kas pastāvīgi uzturas Latvijā. Ikvienam Eiropas Savienības pilsonim, kas pastāvīgi uzturas Latvijā, ir tiesības likumā paredzētajā veidā piedalīties pašvaldību darbībā. Pašvaldību darba valoda ir latviešu valoda.

    • A Magyar Köztársaság Alkotmánya
      Country:
      Hungary

       70. § (1) A Magyar Köztársaság területén lakóhellyel rendelkező minden nagykorú magyar állampolgárt megillet az a jog, hogy az országgyűlési képviselők választásán választó és választható legyen, valamint országos népszavazásban és népi kezdeményezésben részt vegyen.(2) A Magyar Köztársaság területén lakóhellyel rendelkező minden nagykorú magyar állampolgárt és az Európai Unió más tagállamának a Magyar Köztársaság területén lakóhellyel rendelkező nagykorú állampolgárát megilleti az a jog, hogy a helyi önkormányzati képviselők és a polgármesterek választásán választható és - amennyiben a választás, illetve a népszavazás napján a Magyar Köztársaság területén tartózkodik - választó legyen, valamint helyi népszavazásban és népi kezdeményezésben részt vegyen. Polgármesterré és fővárosi főpolgármesterré magyar állampolgár választható.(3) A Magyar Köztársaságban minden menekültként, bevándoroltként vagy letelepedettként elismert nagykorú személyt megillet az a jog, hogy a helyi önkormányzati képviselők és a polgármesterek választásán - amennyiben a választás, illetve a népszavazás napján a Magyar Köztársaság területén tartózkodik - választó legyen, valamint a helyi népszavazásban és népi kezdeményezésben részt vegyen.(4) A Magyar Köztársaság területén lakóhellyel rendelkező minden nagykorú magyar állampolgárt és az Európai Unió más tagállamának a Magyar Köztársaság területén lakóhellyel rendelkező nagykorú állampolgárát megillet az a jog, hogy az európai parlamenti választáson választható és választó legyen.(5) Nincs választójoga annak, aki jogerős ítélet alapján a cselekvőképességet korlátozó vagy kizáró gondnokság, illetőleg a közügyek gyakorlásától eltiltás hatálya alatt áll, szabadságvesztés büntetését vagy büntetőeljárásban elrendelt intézeti kényszergyógykezelését tölti. Az Európai Unió más tagállamának a Magyar Köztársaság területén lakóhellyel rendelkező nagykorú állampolgára akkor sem választható, ha az állampolgársága szerinti állam jogszabálya, bírósági vagy más hatósági döntése alapján hazájában kizárták e jog gyakorlásából.(6) Minden magyar állampolgárnak joga van ahhoz, hogy rátermettségének, képzettségének és szakmai tudásának megfelelően közhivatalt viseljen.

    • Constitution of the Republic of Hungary
      Country:
      Hungary

      Article 70 (1) All adult Hungarian citizens residing in the territory of the Republic of Hungary shall have the right to be elected and the right to vote in Parliamentary elections; they shall have the right, furthermore, to participate in national referenda and popular initiatives.(2) All adult Hungarian citizens residing in the territory of the Republic of Hungary and all adult citizens of other Member States of the European Union who reside in the territory of the Republic of Hungary shall have the right to be elected in local ballots for the election of representatives and mayors; they shall have the right to vote, provided that they are in the territory of the Republic of Hungary on the day of the election or referendum, and, furthermore, to participate in local referenda and popular initiatives. Only Hungarian citizens may be elected to the post of mayor in any local government and the City of Budapest.(3) All adult persons holding refugee, immigrant or permanent resident status in the Republic of Hungary shall have the right to vote in local ballots for the election of representatives and mayors, provided that they are in the territory of the Republic of Hungary on the day of the election or referendum, and furthermore to participate in local referenda or popular initiatives.(4) All adult Hungarian citizens residing in the territory of the Republic of Hungary and all adult citizens of other Member States of the European Union who reside in the territory of the Republic of Hungary shall have the right to be elected and the right to vote in elections for the European Parliament.(5) The right to vote shall not be granted to persons whose capacity is limited or restricted by being subject to guardianship, or who are subject to the final judgment of a court forbidding them to participate in public affairs, or who are imprisoned on the basis of a final legal judgment or are under compulsory institutional care on the basis of a final judgment rendered in criminal proceedings. Furthermore, adult citizens of other Member States of the European Union who reside in the territory of the Republic of Hungary shall not have the right to be elected if they have been deprived of such right in their country of citizenship by the laws of that country or by a judicial or other official decision.(6) All Hungarian citizens shall have the right to hold public office in accordance with their suitability, education and professional ability.

    • Magyarország Alaptörvénye
      Country:
      Hungary

      XXIII. cikk (SZABADSÁG ÉS FELELŐSSÉG) (1) Minden nagykorú magyar állampolgárnak joga van ahhoz, hogy az országgyűlési képviselők, a helyi önkormányzati képviselők és polgármesterek, valamint az európai parlamenti képviselők választásán választó és választható legyen.
      (2) Az Európai Unió más tagállamának magyarországi lakóhellyel rendelkező minden nagykorú állampolgárának joga van ahhoz, hogy a helyi önkormányzati képviselők és polgármesterek, valamint az európai parlamenti képviselők választásán választó és választható legyen.
      […]
      (5) A helyi önkormányzati képviselők és polgármesterek választásán a választópolgár lakóhelyén vagy bejelentett tartózkodási helyén választhat. A választópolgár a szavazás jogát lakóhelyén vagy bejelentett tartózkodási helyén gyakorolhatja.
      (6) Nem rendelkezik választójoggal az, akit bűncselekmény elkövetése vagy belátási képességének korlátozottsága miatt a bíróság a választójogból kizárt. Nem választható az Európai Unió más tagállamának magyarországi lakóhellyel rendelkező állampolgára, ha az állampolgársága szerinti állam jogszabálya, bírósági vagy hatósági döntése alapján hazájában kizárták e jog gyakorlásából. […]

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    • Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

      Article 22

      (ex Article 19 TEC)

      1. Every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he resides, under the same conditions as nationals of that State. This right shall be exercised subject to detailed arrangements adopted by the Council, acting unanimously in accordance with a special legislative procedure and after consulting the European Parliament; these arrangements may provide for derogations where warranted by problems specific to a Member State.

      2. Without prejudice to Article 223(1) and to the provisions adopted for its implementation, every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament in the Member State in which he resides, under the same conditions as nationals of that State. This right shall be exercised subject to detailed arrangements adopted by the Council, acting unanimously in accordance with a special legislative procedure and after consulting the European Parliament; these arrangements may provide for derogations where warranted by problems specific to a Member State.

    • Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

      Article 20

      (ex Article 17 TEC)

      2. Citizens of the Union shall enjoy the rights and be subject to the duties provided for in the Treaties. They shall have, inter alia:

      (a) the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States;

      (b) the right to vote and to stand as candidates in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections in their Member State of residence, under the same conditions as nationals of that State;

      (c) the right to enjoy, in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which they are nationals is not represented, the protection of the diplomatic and consular authorities of any Member State on the same conditions as the nationals of that State;

      (d) the right to petition the European Parliament, to apply to the European Ombudsman, and to address the institutions and advisory bodies of the Union in any of the Treaty languages and to obtain a reply in the same language.

      These rights shall be exercised in accordance with the conditions and limits defined by the Treaties and by the measures adopted thereunder.

    • Council Directive 2013/19/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting Directive 94/80/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of wh...
    • European Parliament resolution of 11 November 2015 on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union (2015/2035(INL))
    • Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on ‘Strengthening EU citizenship: promotion of EU citizens’ electoral rights’

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