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Spain: Municipal franchise proposed

01 January 1997

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The Basque parliament on 8 November passed a resolution calling on the Spanish state to extend the right to vote in municipal elections to immigrants with over five years of legal residence. The original proposal, supported by several town councils in the Basque Country, did not specify any minimum residence period, nor did it contain the "reciprocity criteria" stipulated in the version which was passed. The amendments have the effect of excluding the majority of immigrants of African origin.

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