Sittings · Document
Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections
12.6.2025 A10-0090/1
Amendment 1
Sandro Gozi
on behalf of the Renew Group
Report A10-0090/2025
Sven Simon
Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections
(09789/2024 – C10-0001/2024 – 2021/0372(CNS))
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
| Text proposed by Council | Amendment |
| (9) In order to facilitate the exercise by Union citizens of their right to vote and to stand as a candidate in their country of residence, such citizens should be entered on the electoral roll in sufficient time in advance of polling day. The formalities applicable to their registration should be as simple as possible. In order to be registered, it should be sufficient for the Union citizens concerned to produce a valid identity document and a formal declaration that includes elements demonstrating their entitlement to participate in the elections. Once registered, non-national Union citizens should remain on the electoral roll under the same conditions as Union citizens who are nationals of the Member State concerned, for as long as they satisfy the conditions for exercising the right to vote. Where applicable, Union citizens should be able to provide the competent authorities with contact information, enabling those authorities to keep them informed on a regular basis. | (9) In order to facilitate the exercise by Union citizens of their right to vote and to stand as a candidate in their country of residence, immediate registration as a voter should be possible upon their registration as residents or as soon as their residence is otherwise legally established. Those citizens should receive prior information regarding that immediate registration, notably on the fact that double voting is prohibited and immediate registration could imply deregistration from the electoral roll for the European elections of their place of origin. Where immediate registration as voters has not occurred upon their registration as residents, or when residence was otherwise legally established, citizens should be entered on the electoral roll in sufficient time in advance of polling day. The formalities applicable to their registration should be as simple as possible. It should be sufficient for the Union citizens concerned to produce a valid identity card and, in duly justified cases, a formal and user-friendly declaration that includes elements evidencing their entitlement to participate in the elections. Once registered, non-national Union citizens should remain on the electoral roll under the same conditions as Union citizens who are nationals of the Member State concerned, for as long as they satisfy the conditions for exercising the right to vote. Additionally, Union citizens should provide the competent authorities with contact information, enabling those authorities to keep them informed on a regular basis |
Or. en
Justification
In its report of 14 February 2023, Parliament recommended to allow mobile citizens to immediately register as voters in the elections to the European Parliament upon their registration as residents, or as soon as their residence is otherwise legally established; calls on the Council to reconsider the inclusion of this amendment in the text of the Directive.
12.6.2025 A10-0090/2
Amendment 2
Sandro Gozi
on behalf of the Renew Group
Report A10-0090/2025
Sven Simon
Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections
(09789/2024 – C10-0001/2024 – 2021/0372(CNS))
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
| Text proposed by Council | Amendment |
| (20) The lack of adequate information, in the context of electoral procedures, affects citizens in the exercise of their electoral rights as part of their rights as Union citizens. It also affects the capacity of competent authorities to exercise their rights and to deliver on their obligations. Member States should be required to designate authorities with special responsibilities for providing appropriate information to Union citizens on their rights under Article 20(2), first subparagraph, point (b), and Article 22(2) TFEU and the national rules and procedures regarding participation in and the organisation of elections to the European Parliament. In order to ensure the effectiveness of communications, information should be provided in clear and plain language. This means that information should be provided in a manner that the person concerned understands or can be reasonably expected to understand. | (20) The lack of adequate information, in the context of electoral procedures, affects citizens in the exercise of their electoral rights as part of their rights as Union citizens. It also affects the capacity of competent authorities to exercise their rights and to deliver on their obligations. Member States should be required to designate authorities with special responsibilities for providing appropriate information to Union citizens on their rights under Article 20(2), first subparagraph, point (b), and Article 22(2) TFEU and the national rules and procedures regarding participation in and the organisation of elections to the European Parliament. In order to ensure the effectiveness of communications, information about the possibility of voting or of standing as a candidate should be provided in clear and plain language when Union citizens register as residents or as soon as their residence is otherwise legally established in a Member State of which they are not nationals. Information pertaining to the registration as a voter or as a candidate should also be provided periodically, ahead of European elections, in a timely manner, to all voters and persons entitled to stand as candidates pursuant to Article 3. Moreover, non-national Union citizens should be duly informed about their distinct rights under the municipal and electoral systems. Information should be provided in a manner that the person concerned understands or can be reasonably expected to understand. |
Or. en
Justification
In its report of 14 February 2023, Parliament recommended to allow mobile citizens to immediately register as voters in the elections to the European Parliament upon their registration as residents, or as soon as their residence is otherwise legally established; calls on the Council to reconsider the inclusion of this amendment in the text of the Directive.
12.6.2025 A10-0090/3
Amendment 3
Sandro Gozi
on behalf of the Renew Group
Report A10-0090/2025
Sven Simon
Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections
(09789/2024 – C10-0001/2024 – 2021/0372(CNS))
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
| Text proposed by Council | Amendment |
| 1. Member States shall designate one or more authorities with responsibility for taking the measures necessary to ensure that non-national Union citizens are informed in a timely manner of the conditions and detailed rules for registration as a voter or candidate in elections to the European Parliament. | 1. Member States shall designate one or more authorities with responsibility for taking the measures necessary to ensure that non-national Union citizens are informed of the conditions and detailed rules for registration as a voter or candidate in elections to the European Parliament as soon as they register for residence or as soon as their residence is otherwise legally established in the Member State concerned. That information shall also be provided periodically, sufficiently ahead of the elections to the European Parliament, to all voters and persons entitled to stand as candidates pursuant to Article 3. |
Or. en
Justification
In its report of 14 February 2023, Parliament recommended to allow mobile citizens to immediately register as voters in the elections to the European Parliament upon their registration as residents, or as soon as their residence is otherwise legally established; calls on the Council to reconsider the inclusion of this amendment in the text of the Directive.