Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 April 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed)

3:10 pm

H. E. Mr. Niels Pultz:

A question was put to me on whether there is discussion in Denmark about changing the situation for Danish citizens living abroad. To some extent, there is discussion about having dual citizenship and somehow the two issues have been combined. There is some movement in Denmark to recognise dual citizenship under certain circumstances. That can be done without changing our constitution but we must change our constitution to address the question of having a right to vote while living abroad, and there is no appetite for that. We presented our position to the Commission a few years ago and there has been no reaction from the Commission to that message last January.

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