Indicator in all countries

Outreach - encourage participation - Practical obstacles or problems for migrants in exercising their right to vote

• Austria
• Bulgaria

  Third country nationals have no rights to vote. There is no data available on problems for EU citizens to vote.

• Cyprus

  Only EU nationals have the right to vote in municipal elections.

• Denmark

  n/a

• Finland

  Yes.

• France

  No data available

• Germany

  There are no particular practical obstacles or problems for the group of German citizens with a migration background in exercising their right to vote.

• Greece

  Yes, there were practical obstacles in 2010 elections.

• Hungary

  No information.

• Ireland

  Evidence exists of naturalised Irish nationals who are from a migrant background being overlooked at election time by campaigners.

• Italy

  In Italy the migrants or ethnic minorites have not rights to vote at local and national level.

• Poland

  No data available.

• Portugal

  The Plano para a Integração de Imigrantes [Plan for Immigrant Integration] included an area concerning access to citizenship, political rights and civic participation which aims to encourage participation by promoting the registration of the immigrant population eligible for voting in elections.

• Romania

  Migrants do not have the right to vote at either national or local elections.

• Slovenia

  No data on number of migrants (non-national residents of Slovenia) with voting rights who actually exercise their rights.

• Spain

  Noat local level.

  Yes at national and regional level.

• Sweden

  Electoral participation among foreign-born is generally lower than for native-born Swedes.