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European Commission validates the European Citizens’ Initiative “Let me Vote!”

Posted onJune 4, 2012June 8, 2017

On 1 June 2012, the European Commission has validated the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Let me Vote!”. This ECI proposes that European citizens who reside in a member state of which they do not have the nationality should be granted Read More …

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Expatriate voting becomes a contentious issue between Canada and France

Posted onJune 4, 2012July 28, 2017

Read the article on the Economist.com.

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Survey in 7 EU states finds most immigrants interested in naturalisation as a means towards integration

Posted onMay 15, 2012

Read the article on Theparliament.com.

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Voting rights of foreigners debated in the French electoral campaign

Posted onApril 27, 2012July 28, 2017

Read the article on the role that Françoise Hollande’s proposal to enfranchise resident migrants at the local level is playing in the presidential electoral campaign in France.

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Austrian Naturalisation Test Incorrect

Posted onApril 27, 2012December 16, 2017

By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert, Gerd Valchars Austrian academics have recently criticized the country’s naturalisation test and official preparation material as faulty and incorrect. Historian Ernst Bruckmüller (University of Vienna) argues the preparatory script misdates several historic events and presents facts Read More …

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Romania naturalises far more Moldavians than Bulgaria naturalises Macedonians

Posted onApril 25, 2012July 28, 2017

Read the article on novinite.com.

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More US American expatriates renounce their citizenship to avoid income tax

Posted onApril 19, 2012July 28, 2017

Read the article on the Huffingtonpost.com.

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Cost-free and easier access to Serbian citizenship for ethnic Serbs in neighbouring countries

Posted onApril 3, 2012July 28, 2017

Read the article on B92.net.

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Spain gains almost 250.000 new citizens thanks to Historical Memory Act

Posted onApril 2, 2012July 28, 2017

By Roxana Barbalescu, EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Almost a quarter million descendants of Spanish citizens (241.763) have been granted Spanish nationality following the ‘Historical Memory Act’ no 52/2007 from 26 of December – better known as the ‘grandchildren’s law’. The purpose Read More …

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ECtHR decides that lack of Greek legislation to implement right to vote from abroad does not violate human rights

Posted onMarch 23, 2012July 28, 2017

Read the ECtHR press release on the case Sitaropoulos and Others v. Greece and the full judgment of 15 March 2012.

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