At the 2021 local election, 61,224 non-Estonians voted which is 10.47 percent of all ballots cast. In total, 584,902 people submitted a ballot. The top five highest numbers of votes cast by nationality were Russians (29,959)
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It's a slippery slope.
Sure, nobody likes the Russians right now, but it also applies to other immigrants and refugees from elsewhere.
In Denmark a right wing party suggested something similar. They know fully well that immigrants don't vote for them, and they'd love nothing more than to remove their political representation and eventually remove them from our welfare too.
I'd definitely be wary of who and why they want to remove voting rights for certain tax payers.
Wait is this the case with other countries in EU? If I will be resident of France can I vote for local elections without French passport? Or in Spain without Spanish passport??
Don't know if it's true for all EU countries but it's very common I think, although "local" elections meaning municipal elections, not the "local" federal elections.
Same as what the others said: in France, non-French EU citizens can vote for EU parliament and municipal elections (electing a mayor). However, you need French citizenship in order to vote for your parliamentary representative (which could be misunderstood as "local" as it is on a district level), and for presidential elections.
I'm actually curious to know why local elections specifically, if it's an EU directive or just "common" ?
You can't just drive around and vote everywhere . You'll need permanent residence.
EU citizens are allowed to live and work anywhere in EU, so by default they are also allowed to vote in their municipality where they live. info
I don't know if the following applies everywhere, but where I live this also includes people from outside EU, if they are allowed to live here permanently.
National elections require citizenship.
If you come from elsewhere in the EU, yes, you can always vote in local elections and european parliament elections where you live. If you're from elsewhere, it depends on local law.