24-04-2018 15:15
Workshop ‘Political and electoral rights of non-citizen residents in Latvia-Estonia’

Three wooden human figures stand together next to a tick in the box. The concept of elections and social technologies. Volunteers, parties, candidates, constituency electorates. Human rights.
Political and electoral rights of non-citizen residents © EP

The workshop presented an analysis on political and electoral rights of non-citizen residents in Latvia and Estonia on the basis of petition 747/2016. This petition, which collected about 20.000 signatures, concerns the situation of non-citizen residents in Latvia and Estonia who are not entitled to vote in the European and national parliamentary elections. The workshop described the background of the Latvian and the Estonian citizenship situation giving an historical and legal perspective.