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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 ...

Il Parlamento prevede di sottoporre a votazione nella prima tornata di marzo una relazione sui programmi per la concessione della cittadinanza e del soggiorno in cambio di investimenti. La relazione invita la Commissione a presentare proposte legislative per eliminare gradualmente i programmi di cittadinanza e disciplinare i programmi di soggiorno e presenta molteplici proposte specifiche a tal fine.

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 ...

Lo studio, commissionato dal Dipartimento tematico Diritti dei cittadini e affari costituzionali del Parlamento europeo su richiesta della commissione PETI, analizza: (i) gli ostacoli che le famiglie arcobaleno (ossia le coppie dello stesso sesso, con o senza figli) si trovano ad affrontare quando tentano di esercitare i loro diritti di libera circolazione all'interno dell'UE, ivi compresi alcuni esempi di petizioni presentate alla commissione PETI; (ii) le modalità con cui gli Stati membri trattano ...

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 ...

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 2014-2019 l'Unione europea, e in particolare il Parlamento europeo tramite l'apposita commissione per le petizioni (PETI), ha continuato a garantire il diritto dei cittadini di presentare una petizione al Parlamento europeo per sollevare questioni e preoccupazioni e chiedere di avviare una procedura di ricorso in ambiti di competenza dell'UE, mobilitando le istituzioni e gli Stati membri sia su temi al centro del dibattito politico che su questioni "orfane" o "dormienti". ...

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 ...