Latvian reform will facilitate access to citizenship for children of “non-citizen” Russians
Read the news item on the European Web Site on Integration. Read the news on the webpage of the Latvian parliament (in Latvian).
False alarm about EU passports? Less than 225.000 Moldavians granted Romanian citizenship since 1991
By Roxana Barbulescu, EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert A recent study (Iordachi 2012) finds that Romanian authorities have dealt with 226,509 requests of reacquisition of Romanian citizenship including applications from Moldavians over a period of 20 years (from 1991 to 15 August Read More …
Few noncitizens have registered to vote in Belgian local elections in October
Read the article in EurActiv.
Latvian Parliamentary Committee proposes toleration of dual citizenship in case of marriage, adoption and for nationals of EU and NATO states
Read the news on the European Web Site on Integration.
German Constitutional Court removes three months residence requirement for external franchise
Until now, German citizens living abroad can vote in German elections if they have resided in Germany for three consecutive months at any time in their lives. The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe has now decided that this condition violates the Read More …
Restrict citizenship in Southern Europe to fight irregular migration? More rhetoric than reality
Read Thomas Huddleston‘s impact analysis on the MIPEX blog.
The Politics of Electoral Statistics in Romania
By Costica Dumbrava (EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert) In a background analysis for EUDO CITIZENSHIP, Costica Dumbrava explains the dispute about the validity of the Romanian Referendum of 29 July 2012. On 29 July 2012, Romanians were called to vote in a Read More …
Strong increase of naturalisations in Bulgaria. Online application system will reduce waiting period
Read the article in the Standart.
Citizenship in the New States of Southeastern Europe
The CITSEE team has published of a special issue of the journal Citizenship Studies dedicated to ‘Citizenship in the New States of Southeastern Europe’. It contains an introduction and seven comprehensive papers on the existing citizenship regimes across the former Read More …
Voluntary acquisitions of Luxembourg citizenship have tripled since 2008 reform
Read the report by Luxembourg’s Statistical Office (in French). The Luxembourg Minister of Justice, François Biltgen, has hinted that there may be a debate on further reforms of the citizenship law in autumn 2012 (ius soli for the first generation Read More …