We are happy to announce that GLOBALCIT has recently published four analyses of citizenship laws in different states in Africa. In the report on the citizenship law of Zimbabwe, Bronwen Manby explores the contestations of citizenship in this country taking Read More …
A number of mobile European Union (EU) citizens residing in the United Kingdom (UK) are prevented from voting in the European Parliament elections. The denial of voting rights has, in most cases, been caused by administrative errors. A number of Read More …
On 12 May, Lithuania held a referendum on amending the country’s constitution in order to allow dual citizenship with countries of the European Union, European Economic Area, NATO and the OECD, while retaining prohibition of dual nationality with countries that are members Read More …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently announced that he is considering to extend the Executive Order identifying groups of persons entitled to a fast-track procedure when applying for Russian citizenship on humanitarian grounds to the whole of Ukraine. The decree, signed Read More …
On 12 May, Lithuanians will vote to change their constitution to allow dual citizenship. Article 12(2) of the country’s 1992 Constitution stipulates a prohibition of dual nationality, which has been in place since independence. The draft constitutional law that would Read More …
On Monday, the German Constitutional Court has decided that mentally or psychologically impaired citizens who have a legal custodian will have the right to vote in the next elections for the European Parliament in May. The Court had ruled as Read More …
GLOBALCIT Working Paper: Let me vote in your country, and I’ll let you vote in mine. A proposal for transnational democracy edited by Joachim Blatter and Rainer Bauböck is now published in the EUI’s open access repository CADMUS. The Working Read More …
GLOBALCIT is pleased to announce that the call for papers for our next Annual Conference, entitled The Value of Citizenship for Individuals and States, is now open. The conference will take place on 21 and 22 November 2019 at the EUI Read More …
Of the total of 371,632 people registered to vote in Malta in the European Parliament (EP) elections, 18,084 are non-national EU citizens. Mobile EU citizens participating in EP elections have the option of casting their vote either in their home Read More …
We are happy to announce the publication of 28 country reports on political participation of mobile EU citizens. All the reports are available through the publications section of our website and our country profiles. Under the aegis of the FAIR EU Read More …
