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On 25 November 2021, the European Commission put forward a proposal to modify Council Directive 94/80/EC on the right of mobile EU citizens to vote and stand as candidates in municipal elections. The proposal tied in with the Commission President's priority for a new push for European democracy. The proposal was presented together with three others: a proposal to modify Directive 93/109/EC on EU citizens' right to vote and stand as candidates in elections to the European Parliament; a proposal on ...

Durante su primera sesión plenaria de marzo, el Parlamento tiene previsto votar un informe sobre los regímenes de ciudadanía por inversión y residencia por inversión. El informe pide a la Comisión que presente propuestas legislativas para eliminar gradualmente los regímenes de ciudadanía y regular los regímenes de residencia, y formula varias propuestas específicas a tal fin.

An estimated 13.3 million European Union (EU) citizens live in an EU Member State that is not their country of origin. Of these, over 11 million are of voting age. Under Council Directives 93/109/EC and 94/80/EC, these 'mobile' Europeans are entitled to participate in European and municipal elections in their country of residence. While Member States have successfully transposed both directives, voter turnout among mobile citizens remains low compared to nationals. In its 2020 citizenship report, ...

Citizenship and residence by investment schemes allow third-country nationals to obtain residence or citizenship in a host country in exchange for a financial contribution. In the European Union (EU), at least 130 000 persons have taken advantage of such schemes, which have generated over €21.8 billion in revenue for the countries concerned. This European added value assessment (EAVA) reviews the key issues raised by investment schemes and the possible legal bases on which the EU could act to address ...

El presente estudio, encargado por el Departamento Temático de Derechos de los Ciudadanos y Asuntos Constitucionales del Parlamento Europeo a instancias de la Comisión PETI, analiza: i) los obstáculos a los que se enfrentan las familias arcoíris (parejas del mismo sexo, con o sin hijos) cuando intentan ejercer sus derechos de libre circulación dentro de la UE, e incluye ejemplos extraídos de peticiones presentadas ante la Comisión PETI; ii) la forma en que los Estados miembros de la UE tratan a las ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, addresses some major issues of obstacles to elections in general and of obstacles to participation inside the EU more specifically. This is done by focusing on Member States and examples with regard to municipal elections, and European elections, but also in general on de-facto access to the exercise of the right to vote. Various recommendations ...

EU and UK citizens' rights after Brexit: An overview

Análisis en profundidad 18-06-2020

This EPRS paper analyses the implications of Brexit for the rights of both European Union and United Kingdom citizens and provides an overview of the rights protected by the Withdrawal Agreement, which entered into force on 1 February 2020, as well as of the national measures envisaged by the UK and the EU Member States to give effect to the relevant provisions thereof. As a result of the UK leaving the EU and becoming a third country, UK citizens are no longer EU citizens and they will therefore ...

Durante la legislatura 2014-19, la Unión y, en particular, el Parlamento Europeo, a través de su Comisión de Peticiones (PETI), ha seguido defendiendo el derecho de los ciudadanos a presentar peticiones al Parlamento Europeo para plantear cuestiones y preocupaciones y pedir reparación y medidas en ámbitos de competencia de la Unión, movilizando a las instituciones y a los Estados miembros tanto en relación con las cuestiones que ocupan un lugar central en el debate político como con las cuestiones ...

The proportion of young people (15-29 years old) in the general EU population is declining. On the whole, young people have a higher level of education than older adults, and youth unemployment rates have begun to decrease. Nevertheless, young people are still more exposed to poverty and social exclusion than other sections of the population. They are less prone to put their health at risk than previous generations. For instance, fewer young people smoke, get drunk, or become involved in a road accident ...

The ECI enables European citizens to invite the Commission to table a proposal for a legal act. The detailed rules for such initiatives are laid down in a 2011 regulation, whose main stated aim is encouraging citizens' participation in the political life of the European Union (EU). However, since the regulation became applicable in April 2012, numerous actors have raised concerns regarding the instrument's functioning and have called for reform, aiming to simplify the existing procedures and increasing ...