EC Closes Voting Infringement Proceedings against Bulgaria

Politics » BULGARIA IN EU | September 26, 2013, Thursday // 17:02
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The European Commission closed Thursday infringement proceedings against Bulgaria for applying additional requirements to non-Bulgarian EU citizens wishing to vote or stand as a candidate in local and European elections, the European Commission’s press center announced.

European Union citizens will be able to use their right to vote in European and local elections more easily when living in another EU country, following the legal action by the European Commission.

Following changes to Bulgarian law, the Commission has decided to end legal action against the country.

The Commission had identified similar obstacles to EU citizens’ voting rights in their country of residence in a further ten Member States (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia) since 2010, which have now been resolved except in three pending cases.

The move comes eight months ahead of the next elections for the European Parliament, to be held on 22-25 May 2014.

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