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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."@en1
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