Political participation; EU citizenship; Mobile EU citizens; Electoral rights; Elections; Romania
Abstract :
[en] Since Romania’s accession to the European Union, resident EU citizens enjoy the
right to vote in and stand for local elections and European Parliament (EP) elections
held in Romania. Due to the fact that non-resident nationals vastly outnumber EU
citizens residing in Romania, the enfranchisement of Romanians abroad is, however,
a much more salient issue in Romania. Non-resident nationals may vote in national
and EP elections, but cannot stand as candidates if they are registered with the
domicile abroad. The turnout of non-citizen resident and non-resident citizens in
elections held in Romania is overall quite low. Possible facilitators would be to
simplify the voting and registration procedure and to introduce more awareness raising
campaigns specifically targeting resident EU citizens and Romanians abroad.
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Author, co-author :
Vintila, Cristina-Daniela ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences sociales > Centre d'études de l'ethnicité et des migrations (CEDEM)
Soare, Sorina
Language :
English
Title :
Report on the political participation of mobile EU citizens: Romania
