Our correspondence with the Secretary General

The purpose of the ECIT and New Europeans‘ joint letter to the Commission is to follow up the work of “Voters Without Borders” demanding an end to disenfranchisement of EU citizens practicing their rights to freedom of movement. This letter focuses on the rights of all EU citizens including those living outside the EU to vote in elections to the European Parliament. It focuses on the UK because many of those now disenfranchised were able to vote in the previous European elections. Furthermore, there is no denying that the EU Withdrawal Agreement with the UK has an impact on the rights of EU citizens living there.

The reply from the Commission has just reached us, so we would very much welcome your thoughts on it and suggestions for next steps by email.