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Document 12016P039

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
TITLE V - CITIZENS' RIGHTS
Article 39 Right to vote and to stand as a candidate at elections to the European Parliament

OJ C 202, 7.6.2016, p. 401–401 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/char_2016/art_39/oj

7.6.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 202/401


Article 39

Right to vote and to stand as a candidate at elections to the European Parliament

1.   Every citizen of the Union has the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at elections to the European Parliament in the Member State in which he or she resides, under the same conditions as nationals of that State.

2.   Members of the European Parliament shall be elected by direct universal suffrage in a free and secret ballot.


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