Italy - 2012
Outreach - encourage participation - Practical obstacles or problems for migrants in exercising their right to vote
- Code:
- RED96
- Key Area:
- Political & Civic Participation
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination, Equality
| Short Answer |
In Italy the migrants or ethnic minorites have not rights to vote at local and national level. |
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| Qualitative Info |
The right of voting, active and passive, is refused to migrants both at national and local level. This right in the Italian Constitution (artt. 48 and 51) is linked to the citizenship. Any international treaty is binding Italy to it, resolutions from the European Parliament and from the Council of Europe are not received. In the last years, some actions have been carried out at local level for the right of administrative voting, also against the central State institutions. Several Statutes of municipalities and some regional Statues foresee the right of voting for long term residents. But, these initiatives have only a cultural and political value, as they have been judged as unconstitutional. Source: Puccinelli S., The Political Participation of Migrants in Italy, Future Project, 2007. - /www.futureplatform.eu/downloads/presentazionestefanoinnsbruck.pdf |
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| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Ethnic minorities | |
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| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Political discourse -parties - orgs, Political participation | |
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