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08/05/2008, 17:01 bigears Joined on 16/07/2007 Posts 214 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France hi again I was told the other night by local english people that to vote (as they hasd just done) in the local council elections you did not have to be tax resident, you only had to be a house owner.  I questioned it with them, they replied their names were on the 'list' and they were able to vote, proof of residency was not required.     Report

08/05/2008, 17:17 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 7,806 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France Principe  Les citoyens de l'Union européenne résidant en France peuvent participer à l'élection des conseillers municipaux et des représentants au Parlement européen dans les mêmes conditions que les électeurs français, sous certaines réserves.  Sont considérés comme résidant en France les citoyens de l'Union européenne qui y ont leur domicile réel ou qui y résident de façon continue. http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F1937.xhtml?&n=Elections&l=N4&n=Elections%20politiques&l=N47 Clair Real Virtual French Person    Report

08/05/2008, 19:29 Tony F Dordogne Joined on 10/04/2005 Small village in the Dordogne, near St Cyprien Posts 1,516 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France  bigears wrote: hi again I was told the other night by local english people that to vote (as they hasd just done) in the local council elections you did not have to be tax resident, you only had to be a house owner.  I questioned it with them, they replied their names were on the 'list' and they were able to vote, proof of residency was not required.  Big ears, are they in France permanantly? For sure, maison secondaire owners in our Commune were not allowed to register to vote. Tony F Dordogne (24) Huguenot Trails    Report

08/05/2008, 20:22 Lisleoise Joined on 15/12/2005 Périgord Vert (NW Dordogne) Posts 937 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France Maison Secondaire owners can vote in the commune of their MS as long as they are resident elsewhere in France ie: that doesn't include British resident MS owners.    Report

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