What can campaigners learn from MIPEX and international research?
Berlin’s state elections are next week, 18 September. German media report that the Centre-left looks ready for re-election. One issue that may get on the agenda is voting rights for the city’s estimated 460,000 legally-resident third-country nationals of voting age. A campaign called Jede Stimme 2011 (or “Every Vote 2011″) is picking up steam among politicians and the press...
The two NGOs behind the campaign are Jede Stimme, founded by a Social Democratic Party Deputy, and Citizens for Europe, a non-partisan organisation of young Europeans for cosmopolitan citizenship and political participation across the EU. Last week, 3000 potential non-EU voters participated in a symbolic election, with the big winners being the Social Democratic Party, Greens, and socialist Left party. Yesterday, British Council Germany invited me to speak at Jede Stimme 2011′s International Workshop on migrant political participation in neighbouring European cities and regions.
Based on MIPEX, analysis of the results, and other international research, here are some highlights from my presentation...
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Voting rights for immigrants: Next Stop, Berlin?
MIPEX Team
Coordination Team
MIPEX 2015 team is fromed by the members of CIDOB and MPG, the leading organizations of the “Integration policies: Who benefits? The development and use of indicators in integration debates” project.
