Flash Eurobarometer 292: Electoral rights of EU citizens

The current Flash Eurobarometer study detected a remarkable shift in perceptions regarding electoral rights of EU citizens resident in other EU member states. However, while awareness has increased, it is not necessarily precise. The proportion of those who believe that EU citizens resident in another member state are also entitled to vote in national elections has increased, too. A hypothetical extension of the non-domestic electoral rights of EU citizens would include their ability to vote and to stand as candidates in national and regional elections elsewhere in the EU where they permanently reside. Citizens were rather ambivalent regarding these proposals. Citizens once again confirmed that a clearer vision of the EU’s role in their lives and better information on programmes, candidates and the elections themselves could boost their motivation to vote.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

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