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ECAS and MPG contact EU Institutions to encourage EU mobile citizens to vote
ECAS and the Migration Policy Group (MPG) have jointly submitted a letter under the FAIREU project to EU Presidents Jean-Claude Juncker, Luca Jahier, Antonio Tajani, and Karl-Heinz Lambertz. The aim of this initiative was to encourage them to help raise awareness of...
Open Call for development of crowdsourcing platform
As part of the FAIR EU project, ECAS is developing an online crowdsourcing platform for soliciting the opinions of EU mobile citizens on the obstacles to free movement and political participation they have encountered, as well as suggestions for solutions and examples...
Communes and volunteers speak up: Brussels residents sign up to vote
On March 20 2018, the Ixelles Commune hosted an event to discuss and encourage participation in the communal elections, which will take place on 14th October 2018. The Ixelles Advisory Council on European Affaires in partnership with the Migration Policy Group...
News from the European Commission
The European Commission has for the third time adopted its report on transposition and implementation of Directive 94/80.
This time, as a follow up to the 2017 EU citizenship report, the Commission will take stock of the extent to which since 2012 EU citizens have been exercising their right to vote in municipal elections in the Member State of residence.
FAIR EU: a citizen-centric approach to political participation and free movement rights
On 2 February 2018 ECAS launched FAIR EU (Fostering Awareness, Inclusion and Recognition of EU Mobile Citizens’ Political Rights), a project aimed at the successful inclusion of EU mobile citizens in their host EU country’s civic and political life. The...