Artikel 130: suffrage for foreigners

Artikel 130

The right to elect members of a municipal council and the right to be a member of a municipal council may be granted by Act of Parliament to residents who are not Dutch nationals provided they fulfil at least the requirements applicable to residents who are Dutch nationals.

In andere talen:

English

The right to elect members of a municipal council and the right to be a member of a municipal council may be granted by Act of Parliament to residents who are not Dutch nationals provided they fulfil at least the requirements applicable to residents who are Dutch nationals.

Français

La loi peut conférer le droit délire les membres du conseil municipal et d'être membres du conseil municipal à des résidents n'ayant pas la nationalité néerlandaise, pourvu qu'ils répondent pour le moins aux conditions qui s'appliquent aux résidents de nationalité néerlandaise.

Deutsch

Das Gesetz kann das Recht, Mitglieder des Gemeinderats zu wählen, und das Recht, Mitglied des Gemeinderats zu sein, Landesansässigen zuerkennen, die keine Niederländer sind, sofern sie zumindest die Voraussetzungen erfüllen, die für Landesansässige gelten, die Niederländer sind.

Español

La ley podrá conceder el derecho de elegir a los miembros del Concejo Municipal y el derecho de ser miembro del Concejo Municipal a residentes de nacionalidad extranjera, siempre que reúnan al menos los requisitos de aplicación a residentes de nacionalidad neerlandesa.

Explanation

Please note: Only the Dutch-language version of the Constitution has legal effect. 

A law may stipulate that residents who are not Dutch nationals have active and passive voting rights for the municipal council. This applies only to those who meet the requirements for Dutch residents.

As an implementation of this, the Electoral Act was amended in 1985. The active and passive voting rights in municipal council elections for citizens of the European Union are also based on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.