westland Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Maybe this seems naive to those of you who are knowledgeable about politics, but I have been reading with great interest the thread about the forthcoming election and would like to know who has the right to vote. We have completed a form brought round to us by the Mayor which I assume is for a vote in 2008 for the general elections? Any more info. as to the voting rights of expates would be gratefully received. Thanks Kate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 You can vote in local elections as a resident. To vote in national elections you need to be a French citizen. You can apply for French citizenship when you have been resident for 5 years. (I'm currently trying to establish what the procedure is for the latter as I'll qualify in a couple of years and am determined to do so. I'm sure it's been covered on here somewhere....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westland Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 Many thanks Cooperlola. Kate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 You can also cast your vote in the European elections.There has been a thread about this some months ago... I'll try to find it and post a link to it.EDIT: http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/882195/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 [quote user="cooperlola"]You can vote in local elections as a resident. To vote in national elections you need to be a French citizen. You can apply for French citizenship when you have been resident for 5 years. (I'm currently trying to establish what the procedure is for the latter as I'll qualify in a couple of years and am determined to do so. I'm sure it's been covered on here somewhere....)[/quote]I made the same enquiry coops - and was told that to have French citizenship you must give up your British passport in exchange for a French one. Can't have duel nationality - one or the other. Merci Mr. Pasqua.Are you aware of this and therefore prepared to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 [quote user="TWINKLE"] to have French citizenship you must give up your British passport in exchange for a French one. Can't have duel nationality - one or the other. [/quote]Are you absolutely sure about this Twinkle? Who told you that?How could it be so, since it does not work like that, the other way around. I have both French and British nationality, although I started off French. I know that once you are born French, apart from rare exceptions, French you will always be..to the French. So surely, there would not be a rule that only works one way?Which means that I can, and do, vote both in British and French elections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Both France and the United Kingdom allow multiple citizenship.If you go to "Multiple Citizenship" in Wikipedia, there is a map which shows (in yellow) those countries permitting multiple citizenship and those (in red) which do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 [quote user="TWINKLE"][quote user="cooperlola"]You can vote in local elections as a resident. To vote in national elections you need to be a French citizen. You can apply for French citizenship when you have been resident for 5 years. (I'm currently trying to establish what the procedure is for the latter as I'll qualify in a couple of years and am determined to do so. I'm sure it's been covered on here somewhere....)[/quote]I made the same enquiry coops - and was told that to have French citizenship you must give up your British passport in exchange for a French one. Can't have duel nationality - one or the other. Merci Mr. Pasqua.Are you aware of this and therefore prepared to do that? [/quote]I would be, simply because I think it's more pertinent to vote in your country of residence, but I had certainly been led to believe that the latter two posters are correct and that you can be both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I checked this out with the British Embassy in Paris - you have joint citizenship if you elect to go down the 5 year route. I'm not exactly counting the days but will apply for French citizenship asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Well when I married my French husband in Mexico and we legalised it here in France that is what I understood tobe necessary if I wanted French nationality. That was more than 12 years ago though so after reading the other posts I think I will pay a visit to the Mairie[:)]I found this very informative site on French Nationality.http://sos-net.eu.org/etrangers/interne/natio.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Really useful link, Twinks, thank you.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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