Report on political participation of mobile EU citizens : Malta

Abstract

In Malta, resident EU citizens have the right to vote in and stand for European Parliament (EP) and local elections. To be able to exercise those rights, EU citizens have to demonstrate having resided in Malta for at least six out of the last 18 months preceding a given election. Maltese citizens, who are resident abroad, only have limited voting rights in national and EP elections held in Malta. They may not stand for elections. Information regarding the registration and electoral process in Malta is fairly accessible as all of the information provided by the government is also available in English, which is an official language of the country. However, there are still no systematic efforts in place to encourage the political participation of noncitizen residents. [excerpt]

F'Malta, ċittadini residenti ta 'l-UE għandhom id-dritt li jivvutaw u jivvutaw għallParlament Ewropew (PE) u għall-elezzjonijiet lokali. Biex ikunu jistgħu jeżerċitaw dawk id-drittijiet, iċ-ċittadini ta ’l-UE jridu juru li għexu f’Malta għal mill-inqas sitta mill-aħħar 18-il xahar qabel elezzjoni partikolari. Ċittadini Maltin, li huma residenti barra l-pajjiż, għandhom biss drittijiet tal-vot limitati fl-elezzjonijiet nazzjonali u talPE f'Malta. Ma jistgħux joħorġu għall-elezzjonijiet. Informazzjoni dwar irreġistrazzjoni u l-proċess elettorali f'Malta hija pjuttost aċċessibbli. L-informazzjoni kollha pprovduta mill-gvern hija wkoll disponibbli bl-Ingliż, li hija lingwa uffiċjali tal-pajjiż. Madankollu, għad m'hemmx sforzi sistematiċi biex tinkoraġġixxi lparteċipazzjoni politika ta’ residenti barranin.