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lpv:spoken text	". Current Community law guarantees that Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals have the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections, under the same conditions as nationals of that state. The definition of the conditions of the right to vote in national elections and referenda belongs to the competence of the Member States. It is therefore up to each Member State to lay down the appropriate rules on the right to vote. The Commission has received complaints from Union citizens – not only the honourable Member – who, as a result of exercising their right to free residence in a Member State other than their home Member State, have no right to participate in national or regional elections or referenda, either in their Member State of residence or in their home Member State. This issue has also been mentioned in the recently adopted Fourth Report from the Commission on the citizenship of the Union. The Commission, on the basis of the Fourth Report, awaits reactions from the European Parliament, the Council and the Member States and will consider this important and sensitive issue further. However, as participation in elections or referenda at national level is entirely governed by national legislation, in the absence of Community competence, changes in the legal or constitutional orders of the Member States would be necessary to address this issue. With regard to national elections before 1 May 2004, this question concerned around 5 million Union citizens of voting age who resided in another Member State. However, the Commission does not have up-to-date comprehensive information on how many Union citizens are affected as regards national referenda on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe."@en⁴
lpv:translated text	"Current Community law guarantees that Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals have the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections, under the same conditions as nationals of that state. The definition of the conditions of the right to vote in national elections and referenda belongs to the competence of the Member States. It is therefore up to each Member State to lay down the appropriate rules on the right to vote. The Commission has received complaints from Union citizens – not only the honourable Member – who, as a result of exercising their right to free residence in a Member State other than their home Member State, have no right to participate in national or regional elections or referenda, either in their Member State of residence or in their home Member State. This issue has also been mentioned in the recently adopted Fourth Report from the Commission on the citizenship of the Union. The Commission, on the basis of the Fourth Report, awaits reactions from the European Parliament, the Council and the Member States and will consider this important and sensitive issue further. However, as participation in elections or referenda at national level is entirely governed by national legislation, in the absence of Community competence, changes in the legal or constitutional orders of the Member States would be necessary to address this issue. With regard to national elections before 1 May 2004, this question concerned around 5 million Union citizens of voting age who resided in another Member State. However, the Commission does not have up-to-date comprehensive information on how many Union citizens are affected as regards national referenda on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe."@cs¹ "Den gældende fællesskabsret garanterer, at unionsborgere, der har bopæl i en medlemsstat, hvor de ikke er statsborgere, har valgret og er valgbare ved valg til Europa-Parlamentet og ved kommunale valg på samme betingelser som statsborgerne i denne stat. Definitionen af betingelserne for valgret ved nationale valg og folkeafstemninger hører ind under medlemsstaternes kompetenceområde. Derfor er det op til de enkelte medlemsstater at fastsætte passende regler for valgret. Kommissionen har modtaget klager fra unionsborgere - ikke kun det ærede medlem - der som følge af, at de udøver deres ret til frit ophold i en medlemsstat, hvor de ikke er statsborgere, ikke har ret til at deltage i nationale eller regionale valg eller folkeafstemninger, hverken i den medlemsstat, hvor de har bopæl, eller i den medlemsstat, hvor de er statsborgere. Dette problem er også nævnt i fjerde rapport om unionsborgerskab, som Kommissionen vedtog for nylig. Kommissionen afventer på grundlag af fjerde rapport reaktioner fra Europa-Parlamentet, Rådet og medlemsstaterne, og den vil overveje dette vigtige og følsomme spørgsmål yderligere. Men eftersom deltagelse i nationale valg eller folkeafstemninger helt og holdent reguleres af national lovgivning, vil det som følge af den manglende fællesskabskompetence være nødvendigt, at medlemsstaterne ændrer deres retlige eller forfatningsmæssige ordener for at løse dette problem. Hvad angår nationale valg inden den 1. maj 2004, berørte dette spørgsmål ca. 5 millioner unionsborgere i valgretsalderen, som havde bopæl i en anden medlemsstat. Kommissionen har imidlertid ikke omfattende ajourførte oplysninger om, hvor mange unionsborgere, der er berørt, hvad angår nationale folkeafstemninger om traktaten om en forfatning for Europa."@da² ". Das derzeitige Gemeinschaftsrecht garantiert, dass EU-Bürger, die in einem Mitgliedstaat leben, dessen Bürger sie nicht sind, das Recht haben, unter den gleichen Bedingungen wie Bürger dieses Staates an den Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament und an Kommunalwahlen teilzunehmen und bei derartigen Wahlen zu kandidieren. Für die Festlegung der Bedingungen für das Wahlrecht bei nationalen Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen sind die Mitgliedstaaten zuständig. Es ist daher Aufgabe jedes einzelnen Mitgliedstaates, die entsprechenden Vorschriften für das Wahlrecht festzulegen. Auch die Kommission – nicht nur der verehrte Abgeordnete – hat Beschwerden von EU-Bürgern erhalten, die im Ergebnis der Ausübung ihres Rechts auf Aufenthalt in einem anderen als ihrem Herkunftsmitgliedstaat kein Recht haben, an nationalen oder regionalen Wahlen oder Volksabstimmungen in ihrem Wohnsitzmitgliedstaat oder ihrem Herkunftsmitgliedstaat teilzunehmen. Diese Frage wurde auch im kürzlich verabschiedeten Vierten Bericht der Kommission über die Unionsbürgerschaft aufgegriffen. Die Kommission erwartet die Reaktionen des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und der Mitgliedstaaten auf den Vierten Bericht und wird diese wichtige und sensitive Problematik ausgehend davon erneut prüfen. Da die Teilnahme an nationalen Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen vollständig durch die einzelstaatliche Gesetzgebung geregelt wird, wären Änderungen an der Rechts- bzw. Verfassungsordnung der Mitgliedstaaten erforderlich, um diese Frage zu klären. Was nationale Wahlen vor dem 1. Mai 2004 betrifft, so waren von dieser Frage ca. 5 Millionen wahlberechtigte Unionsbürger betroffen, die ihren Wohnsitz in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat haben. Der Kommission liegen jedoch keine aktuellen umfassenden Informationen darüber vor, wie viele Bürger im Falle nationaler Volksabstimmungen über den Vertrag über eine Verfassung für Europa betroffen wären."@de⁹ "Το ισχύον κοινοτικό δίκαιο διασφαλίζει ότι οι πολίτες της Ένωσης που διαμένουν σε ένα κράτος μέλος του οποίου δεν είναι υπήκοοι έχουν δικαίωμα να ψηφίζουν και να θέτουν υποψηφιότητα στις εκλογές του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και στις δημοτικές εκλογές, υπό τους ίδιους όρους που ισχύουν για τους υπηκόους του κράτους διαμονής τους. Ο καθορισμός των όρων του δικαιώματος ψήφου στις εθνικές εκλογές και σε δημοψηφίσματα υπόκειται στην αρμοδιότητα των κρατών μελών. Συνεπώς, εναπόκειται στα κράτη μέλη ο ορισμός των κατάλληλων κανόνων για το δικαίωμα ψήφου. Η Επιτροπή δέχθηκε καταγγελίες από πολίτες της Ένωσης –όχι μόνο από τον αξιότιμο βουλευτή– οι οποίοι, ως αποτέλεσμα της άσκησης του δικαιώματός τους για ελεύθερη διαμονή σε άλλο κράτος μέλος από το κράτος μέλος καταγωγής τους, δεν έχουν δικαίωμα συμμετοχής σε εθνικές ή περιφερειακές εκλογές ή σε δημοψηφίσματα, ούτε στο κράτος μέλος όπου διαμένουν ούτε στο κράτος μέλος καταγωγής τους. Το θέμα αυτό αναφέρθηκε επίσης στην τέταρτη έκθεση της Επιτροπής για την ιθαγένεια της Ένωσης που εγκρίθηκε πρόσφατα. Η Επιτροπή, σύμφωνα με την τέταρτη έκθεση, αναμένει αντιδράσεις από το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο, το Συμβούλιο και τα κράτη μέλη και θα εξετάσει περαιτέρω αυτό το σημαντικό και ευαίσθητο θέμα. Ωστόσο, δεδομένου ότι οι εκλογές ή τα δημοψηφίσματα σε εθνικό επίπεδο υπόκεινται πλήρως στην εθνική νομοθεσία, απουσία κοινοτικής αρμοδιότητας, απαιτούνται αλλαγές στη νομοθεσία ή στο σύνταγμα των κρατών μελών προκειμένου να αντιμετωπιστεί το εν λόγω θέμα. Όσον αφορά τις εθνικές εκλογές πριν την 1η Μαΐου 2004, το θέμα αυτό αφορούσε περίπου 5 εκατομμύρια πολίτες της Ένωσης σε ηλικία ψήφου οι οποίοι διέμεναν σε άλλο κράτος μέλος. Εντούτοις, η Επιτροπή δεν διαθέτει πρόσφατες γενικές πληροφορίες για τον αριθμό των πολιτών της Ένωσης που επηρεάζονται όσον αφορά τα εθνικά δημοψηφίσματα για τη Συνθήκη για τη θέσπιση Συντάγματος της Ευρώπης."@el^10,10 ". La legislación comunitaria vigente garantiza que los ciudadanos de la Unión que residen en un Estado miembro del que no sean nacionales tengan derecho a votar y a presentarse candidatos en las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo y en las elecciones municipales en las mismas condiciones que los ciudadanos de dicho Estado. La definición de las condiciones de reconocimiento del derecho a votar en las elecciones y referendos nacionales es competencia de los Estados miembros. Por ello, corresponde a cada uno de ellos establecer las normas en materia de derecho de voto. La Comisión ha recibido denuncias de ciudadanos de la Unión –no solo de su Señoría– que por haber ejercido su derecho a residir en un Estado miembro distinto de su Estado miembro de origen no tienen derecho a participar en las elecciones o referendos nacionales o regionales, ni en su Estado miembro de residencia ni en su Estado miembro de origen. Esta cuestión se menciona igualmente en el Cuarto informe sobre la ciudadanía de la Unión que la Comisión acaba de adoptar. El Comisión, sobre la base del Cuarto informe, está a la espera de recibir las respuestas del Parlamento Europeo, el Consejo y los Estados miembros y continuará examinando esta importante y delicada cuestión. No obstante, habida cuenta de que la participación en elecciones o referendos nacionales está regulada totalmente por la legislación nacional, en ausencia de competencias comunitarias en la materia, para resolver este problema sería necesario modificar los ordenamientos jurídicos o constitucionales de los Estados miembros. En relación con las elecciones nacionales celebradas antes del 1 de mayo de 2004, esta cuestión afectaba a unos 5 millones de ciudadanos de la Unión en edad de votar que residían en otro Estado miembro. Sin embargo, la Comisión carece de información exhaustiva y actualizada sobre el número de ciudadanos de la Unión que se verán afectados con respecto a los referendos nacionales sobre el Tratado por el que se establece una Constitución para Europa."@es²⁰ "Current Community law guarantees that Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals have the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections, under the same conditions as nationals of that state. The definition of the conditions of the right to vote in national elections and referenda belongs to the competence of the Member States. It is therefore up to each Member State to lay down the appropriate rules on the right to vote. The Commission has received complaints from Union citizens – not only the honourable Member – who, as a result of exercising their right to free residence in a Member State other than their home Member State, have no right to participate in national or regional elections or referenda, either in their Member State of residence or in their home Member State. This issue has also been mentioned in the recently adopted Fourth Report from the Commission on the citizenship of the Union. The Commission, on the basis of the Fourth Report, awaits reactions from the European Parliament, the Council and the Member States and will consider this important and sensitive issue further. However, as participation in elections or referenda at national level is entirely governed by national legislation, in the absence of Community competence, changes in the legal or constitutional orders of the Member States would be necessary to address this issue. With regard to national elections before 1 May 2004, this question concerned around 5 million Union citizens of voting age who resided in another Member State. However, the Commission does not have up-to-date comprehensive information on how many Union citizens are affected as regards national referenda on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe."@et⁵ ". Yhteisön voimassa olevassa lainsäädännössä taataan, että unionin kansalaisilla on äänioikeus ja vaalikelpoisuus Euroopan parlamentin vaaleissa ja kunnallisvaaleissa siinä jäsenvaltiossa, jossa hän asuu mutta jonka kansalainen hän ei ole, samoin edellytyksin kuin kyseisen jäsenvaltion omilla kansalaisilla. Äänioikeutta kansallisissa vaaleissa ja kansanäänestyksissä koskevien edellytysten määritteleminen kuuluu jäsenvaltioiden toimivaltaan. Kunkin jäsenvaltion tehtävä on näin ollen laatia asianmukaiset äänioikeutta koskevat säännöt. Komissio on vastaanottanut valituksia jäsen Bushill-Matthewsin lisäksi myös muilta unionin kansalaisilta, joilla ei ole oikeutta osallistua kansallisiin tai alueellisiin vaaleihin tai kansanäänestyksiin asuinjäsenvaltiossaan tai kotijäsenvaltiossaan, koska he ovat käyttäneet oikeuttaan valita asuinpaikkansa vapaasti jossain toisessa jäsenvaltiossa kuin kotijäsenvaltiossaan. Tätä kysymystä on myös käsitelty äskettäin hyväksytyssä komission neljännessä kertomuksessa unionin kansalaisuudesta. Komissio odottaa Euroopan parlamentin, neuvoston ja jäsenvaltioiden kannanottoja neljänteen kertomukseen ja jatkaa tämän tärkeän ja arkaluonteisen kysymyksen käsittelyä. Kansallisiin vaaleihin tai kansanäänestyksiin osallistumista säännellään kuitenkin yksinomaan jäsenvaltioiden lainsäädännössä, koska yhteisöllä ei ole tällä alalla toimivaltaa. Kysymyksen ratkaiseminen edellyttäisi näin ollen yksittäisten jäsenvaltioiden oikeusjärjestyksen tai perustuslain muuttamista. Ennen 1. toukokuuta 2004 toimitettujen kansallisten vaalien osalta tämä kysymys koski noin viittä miljoonaa unionin äänestysikäistä kansalaista, jotka asuvat toisessa jäsenvaltiossa. Komissiolla ei kuitenkaan ole käytettävissään ajantasaisia eikä kattavia tietoja siitä, kuinka montaa unionin kansalaista asia koskee EU:n perustuslakisopimuksesta järjestettävissä kansanäänestyksissä."@fi⁷ "Le droit communautaire actuel garantit que tout citoyen de l’Union résidant dans un État membre dont il n’est pas ressortissant a le droit de voter et de se porter candidat aux élections du Parlement européen et aux élections municipales, dans les mêmes conditions que les ressortissants de cet État. La définition des conditions du droit de vote aux élections et référendums nationaux relève de la compétence des États membres. Il incombe donc à chaque État membre d’établir des règles appropriées en matière de droit de vote. La Commission a reçu des plaintes de citoyens de l’Union - pas seulement vous, Monsieur le Député - qui, du fait de l’exercice de leur droit de libre résidence dans un État membre autre que leur pays d’origine, n’ont le droit de participer aux élections et référendums nationaux ou régionaux ni dans leur État membre de résidence, ni dans leur État membre d’origine. Cette question a également été évoquée dans le quatrième rapport de la Commission sur la citoyenneté de l’Union, adopté récemment. La Commission, sur la base de ce quatrième rapport, attend les réactions du Parlement européen, du Conseil et des États membres et examinera de manière plus approfondie cette question importante et délicate. Toutefois, étant donné que la participation aux élections et référendums au niveau national relève entièrement de la législation nationale, et en l’absence de compétence communautaire, une modification des dispositions juridiques ou constitutionnelles des États membres serait nécessaire pour résoudre cette question. En ce qui concerne les élections nationales antérieures au 1er mai 2004, cette question concernait environ cinq millions de citoyens de l’Union en âge de voter et résidant dans un autre État membre. Toutefois, pour les référendums nationaux sur le traité établissant une Constitution pour l’Europe, la Commission ne dispose pas de données complètes actualisées sur le nombre de citoyens de l’Union concernés."@fr⁸ "Current Community law guarantees that Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals have the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections, under the same conditions as nationals of that state. The definition of the conditions of the right to vote in national elections and referenda belongs to the competence of the Member States. It is therefore up to each Member State to lay down the appropriate rules on the right to vote. The Commission has received complaints from Union citizens – not only the honourable Member – who, as a result of exercising their right to free residence in a Member State other than their home Member State, have no right to participate in national or regional elections or referenda, either in their Member State of residence or in their home Member State. This issue has also been mentioned in the recently adopted Fourth Report from the Commission on the citizenship of the Union. The Commission, on the basis of the Fourth Report, awaits reactions from the European Parliament, the Council and the Member States and will consider this important and sensitive issue further. However, as participation in elections or referenda at national level is entirely governed by national legislation, in the absence of Community competence, changes in the legal or constitutional orders of the Member States would be necessary to address this issue. With regard to national elections before 1 May 2004, this question concerned around 5 million Union citizens of voting age who resided in another Member State. However, the Commission does not have up-to-date comprehensive information on how many Union citizens are affected as regards national referenda on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe."@hu¹¹ "La legislazione comunitaria in vigore garantisce ai cittadini dell’Unione residenti in uno Stato membro di cui non hanno la cittadinanza il diritto di votare e di candidarsi alle elezioni del Parlamento europeo e alle elezioni comunali a parità di condizioni rispetto ai cittadini di quello Stato membro. Compete agli Stati membri definire le condizioni del diritto di voto nelle elezioni nazionali e nei . Pertanto spetta a ciascuno Stato membro stabilire le norme in merito al diritto di voto. La Commissione ha ricevuto reclami da parte di cittadini dell’Unione – non solo dell’onorevole Bushill-Matthews – i quali, avendo esercitato il diritto di scegliere liberamente la loro residenza in uno Stato membro diverso da quello di cui sono originari, non hanno il diritto di partecipare a elezioni nazionali o regionali né ai tanto nello Stato membro in cui risiedono quanto in quello dove sono nati. Di questo tema si è parlato anche nella Quarta relazione, adottata di recente, della Commissione sulla cittadinanza dell’Unione. La Commissione, in base alla Quarta relazione, attende le reazioni del Parlamento, del Consiglio e degli Stati membri e successivamente tratterà questo tema importante e delicato. Tuttavia, poiché la partecipazione a elezioni o a a livello nazionale è interamente regolata dalle legislazioni di ciascun paese, dal momento che la Comunità non ha competenza in questo campo, per risolvere il problema si dovrebbero modificare gli ordinamenti giuridici o costituzionali degli Stati membri. Per quanto riguarda le elezioni nazionali antecedenti al 1° maggio 2004, la questione riguardava circa 5 milioni di cittadini dell’Unione aventi l’età per votare che risiedevano in un altro Stato membro. Tuttavia, la Commissione non ha informazioni aggiornate esaurienti sul numero dei cittadini comunitari che si trovano in tale situazione relativamente ai nazionali sul trattato che istituisce una Costituzione per l’Europa."@it¹² "Current Community law guarantees that Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals have the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections, under the same conditions as nationals of that state. The definition of the conditions of the right to vote in national elections and referenda belongs to the competence of the Member States. It is therefore up to each Member State to lay down the appropriate rules on the right to vote. The Commission has received complaints from Union citizens – not only the honourable Member – who, as a result of exercising their right to free residence in a Member State other than their home Member State, have no right to participate in national or regional elections or referenda, either in their Member State of residence or in their home Member State. This issue has also been mentioned in the recently adopted Fourth Report from the Commission on the citizenship of the Union. The Commission, on the basis of the Fourth Report, awaits reactions from the European Parliament, the Council and the Member States and will consider this important and sensitive issue further. However, as participation in elections or referenda at national level is entirely governed by national legislation, in the absence of Community competence, changes in the legal or constitutional orders of the Member States would be necessary to address this issue. With regard to national elections before 1 May 2004, this question concerned around 5 million Union citizens of voting age who resided in another Member State. However, the Commission does not have up-to-date comprehensive information on how many Union citizens are affected as regards national referenda on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe."@lt¹⁴ "Current Community law guarantees that Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals have the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections, under the same conditions as nationals of that state. The definition of the conditions of the right to vote in national elections and referenda belongs to the competence of the Member States. It is therefore up to each Member State to lay down the appropriate rules on the right to vote. The Commission has received complaints from Union citizens – not only the honourable Member – who, as a result of exercising their right to free residence in a Member State other than their home Member State, have no right to participate in national or regional elections or referenda, either in their Member State of residence or in their home Member State. This issue has also been mentioned in the recently adopted Fourth Report from the Commission on the citizenship of the Union. The Commission, on the basis of the Fourth Report, awaits reactions from the European Parliament, the Council and the Member States and will consider this important and sensitive issue further. However, as participation in elections or referenda at national level is entirely governed by national legislation, in the absence of Community competence, changes in the legal or constitutional orders of the Member States would be necessary to address this issue. With regard to national elections before 1 May 2004, this question concerned around 5 million Union citizens of voting age who resided in another Member State. However, the Commission does not have up-to-date comprehensive information on how many Union citizens are affected as regards national referenda on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe."@lv¹³ "Current Community law guarantees that Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals have the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections, under the same conditions as nationals of that state. The definition of the conditions of the right to vote in national elections and referenda belongs to the competence of the Member States. It is therefore up to each Member State to lay down the appropriate rules on the right to vote. The Commission has received complaints from Union citizens – not only the honourable Member – who, as a result of exercising their right to free residence in a Member State other than their home Member State, have no right to participate in national or regional elections or referenda, either in their Member State of residence or in their home Member State. This issue has also been mentioned in the recently adopted Fourth Report from the Commission on the citizenship of the Union. The Commission, on the basis of the Fourth Report, awaits reactions from the European Parliament, the Council and the Member States and will consider this important and sensitive issue further. However, as participation in elections or referenda at national level is entirely governed by national legislation, in the absence of Community competence, changes in the legal or constitutional orders of the Member States would be necessary to address this issue. With regard to national elections before 1 May 2004, this question concerned around 5 million Union citizens of voting age who resided in another Member State. However, the Commission does not have up-to-date comprehensive information on how many Union citizens are affected as regards national referenda on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe."@mt¹⁵ "De huidige communautaire wetgeving garandeert dat EU-burgers die geen staatsburger zijn van de lidstaat waar ze wonen, het recht hebben onder dezelfde voorwaarden als staatsburgers van dat land te stemmen en zich kandidaat te stellen bij verkiezingen voor het Europees Parlement en bij gemeenteraadsverkiezingen. De vaststelling van de voorwaarden die gelden voor het kiesrecht bij nationale verkiezingen en referenda, valt onder de bevoegdheid van de lidstaten. Het is dus aan de afzonderlijke lidstaat om goede regels inzake het kiesrecht vast te leggen. De Commissie heeft klachten ontvangen van EU-burgers - niet alleen van de geachte afgevaardigde - die, doordat ze gebruik hebben gemaakt van het recht op vrije vestiging in een andere lidstaat, niet mogen deelnemen aan nationale of regionale verkiezingen of aan referenda in de lidstaat waar ze wonen of in hun eigen lidstaat. Deze kwestie is ook naar voren gebracht in het onlangs aangenomen vierde verslag van de Commissie over het burgerschap van de EU. Naar aanleiding van het vierde verslag is de Commissie in afwachting van de reacties van het Europees Parlement, de Raad en de lidstaten, en dan zal zij zich nader buigen over deze belangrijke en gevoelige kwestie. Aangezien deelname aan verkiezingen of referenda op nationaal niveau, bij gebrek aan een bevoegdheid van de Gemeenschap, echter volledig onder de nationale wetgeving valt, zijn wijzigingen in de wettelijke of constitutionele besluiten van de lidstaten nodig om deze kwestie te kunnen aanpakken. Wat betreft de nationale verkiezingen vóór 1 mei 2004: het ging hier om ongeveer vijf miljoen EU-burgers van stemgerechtigde leeftijd die in een andere lidstaat wonen. De Commissie heeft echter weinig actuele informatie tot haar beschikking over het aantal EU-burgers dat met dit probleem wordt geconfronteerd bij nationale referenda over het Verdrag tot vaststelling van een Grondwet voor Europa."@nl³ "Current Community law guarantees that Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals have the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections, under the same conditions as nationals of that state. The definition of the conditions of the right to vote in national elections and referenda belongs to the competence of the Member States. It is therefore up to each Member State to lay down the appropriate rules on the right to vote. The Commission has received complaints from Union citizens – not only the honourable Member – who, as a result of exercising their right to free residence in a Member State other than their home Member State, have no right to participate in national or regional elections or referenda, either in their Member State of residence or in their home Member State. This issue has also been mentioned in the recently adopted Fourth Report from the Commission on the citizenship of the Union. The Commission, on the basis of the Fourth Report, awaits reactions from the European Parliament, the Council and the Member States and will consider this important and sensitive issue further. However, as participation in elections or referenda at national level is entirely governed by national legislation, in the absence of Community competence, changes in the legal or constitutional orders of the Member States would be necessary to address this issue. With regard to national elections before 1 May 2004, this question concerned around 5 million Union citizens of voting age who resided in another Member State. However, the Commission does not have up-to-date comprehensive information on how many Union citizens are affected as regards national referenda on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe."@pl¹⁶ "A actual legislação comunitária garante que os cidadãos europeus, residentes num Estado-Membro de que não são nacionais, têm o direito de voto e de elegibilidade nas eleições para o Parlamento Europeu e para eleições autárquicas, nas mesmas condições aplicáveis aos nacionais desse Estado. A definição das condições do direito de voto em eleições nacionais e referendos pertence à esfera da competência dos Estados-Membros. É, portanto, uma competência de cada Estado-Membro estipular as regras aplicáveis ao direito de voto. A Comissão recebeu queixas de cidadãos da União Europeia – não foi apenas o Senhor Deputado – que, como resultado de exercerem o seu direito de livre residência num Estado-Membro que não o seu de origem, não têm direito a participar em eleições nacionais ou referendos, nem no seu Estado-Membro de residência, nem no seu Estado-Membro de origem. Este tema foi igualmente mencionado no recentemente adoptado Quarto Relatório da Comissão sobre a cidadania da União Europeia. A Comissão, com base no Quarto Relatório, aguarda reacções do Parlamento Europeu, do Conselho e dos Estados-Membros e prosseguirá a análise deste importante e sensível tema. No entanto, como a participação em eleições ou referendos a nível nacional depende inteiramente da legislação nacional, na ausência de competência comunitária, para abordar esta questão, seriam necessárias alterações aos ordenamentos jurídicas ou constitucionais dos Estados-Membros. Relativamente às eleições nacionais anteriores a 1 de Maio de 2004, esta questão dizia respeito a cerca de 5 milhões de cidadãos da União em idade de votar e residentes noutro Estado-Membro. No entanto, a Comissão não dispõe de informação actualizada sobre o número de cidadãos da União afectados no que se refere aos referendos nacionais sobre o Tratado que estabelece uma Constituição para a Europa."@pt¹⁷ "Current Community law guarantees that Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals have the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections, under the same conditions as nationals of that state. The definition of the conditions of the right to vote in national elections and referenda belongs to the competence of the Member States. It is therefore up to each Member State to lay down the appropriate rules on the right to vote. The Commission has received complaints from Union citizens – not only the honourable Member – who, as a result of exercising their right to free residence in a Member State other than their home Member State, have no right to participate in national or regional elections or referenda, either in their Member State of residence or in their home Member State. This issue has also been mentioned in the recently adopted Fourth Report from the Commission on the citizenship of the Union. The Commission, on the basis of the Fourth Report, awaits reactions from the European Parliament, the Council and the Member States and will consider this important and sensitive issue further. However, as participation in elections or referenda at national level is entirely governed by national legislation, in the absence of Community competence, changes in the legal or constitutional orders of the Member States would be necessary to address this issue. With regard to national elections before 1 May 2004, this question concerned around 5 million Union citizens of voting age who resided in another Member State. However, the Commission does not have up-to-date comprehensive information on how many Union citizens are affected as regards national referenda on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe."@sk¹⁸ "Current Community law guarantees that Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals have the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections, under the same conditions as nationals of that state. The definition of the conditions of the right to vote in national elections and referenda belongs to the competence of the Member States. It is therefore up to each Member State to lay down the appropriate rules on the right to vote. The Commission has received complaints from Union citizens – not only the honourable Member – who, as a result of exercising their right to free residence in a Member State other than their home Member State, have no right to participate in national or regional elections or referenda, either in their Member State of residence or in their home Member State. This issue has also been mentioned in the recently adopted Fourth Report from the Commission on the citizenship of the Union. The Commission, on the basis of the Fourth Report, awaits reactions from the European Parliament, the Council and the Member States and will consider this important and sensitive issue further. However, as participation in elections or referenda at national level is entirely governed by national legislation, in the absence of Community competence, changes in the legal or constitutional orders of the Member States would be necessary to address this issue. With regard to national elections before 1 May 2004, this question concerned around 5 million Union citizens of voting age who resided in another Member State. However, the Commission does not have up-to-date comprehensive information on how many Union citizens are affected as regards national referenda on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe."@sl¹⁹ ". I gällande gemenskapsrätt garanteras det att unionsmedborgare som uppehåller sig i en medlemsstat där de inte är medborgare har rätt att rösta och stå som kandidat i val till Europaparlamentet och i kommunalval, på samma villkor som denna stats medborgare. Att definiera villkoren för rätten att rösta i nationella val och folkomröstningar tillhör i medlemsstaternas behörighet. Det är därför upp till varje medlemsstat att fastställa lämpliga regler om rösträtten. Kommissionen har mottagit klagomål från unionsmedborgare – inte bara den ärade ledamoten – som, till följd av utövandet av sina rättigheter att fritt vistas i en annan medlemsstat än deras hemmedlemsstat, inte har några rättigheter att delta i nationella eller regionala val eller folkomröstningar, varken i den medlemsstat där man är bosatt eller i sin hemmedlemsstat. Denna fråga har också nämnts i den nyligen antagna fjärde rapporten från kommissionen om unionens medborgarskap. Kommissionen avvaktar, på grundval av den fjärde rapporten, reaktioner från Europaparlamentet, rådet och medlemsstaterna och kommer att ytterligare överväga denna viktiga och känsliga fråga. Men eftersom deltagande i val och folkomröstningar på nationell nivå helt styrs av nationell lagstiftning, i avsaknad av behörighet för gemenskapen, skulle det krävas förändringar i medlemsstaternas rättsliga eller konstitutionella system för att ta itu med denna fråga. När det gäller nationella val före den 1 maj 2004 berör denna fråga omkring 5 miljoner unionsmedborgare i rösträttsålder som vistas i en annan medlemsstat. Kommissionen förfogar dock inte över aktuella detaljerade uppgifter om hur många unionsmedborgare som drabbas när det gäller nationella folkomröstningar om Fördraget om upprättande av en konstitution för Europa."@sv²¹
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