Dear Supporters,

With all the recent changes to electoral law, it is not surprising that the landscape of democratic rights is confusing. 

Last week, the House of Commons library has just published a briefing paper summarising the current position.

Read the House of Commons paper here

As we predicted, the government has decided to remove voting rights in local elections for EU/EEA citizens who moved to the UK after the end of the so-called  implementation period, i.e. from 1 January this year.

Only EU citizens from Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg and Poland where bilateral agreements are in place, will be able to stand and vote in local elections in the future.

However, all EU citizens who were resident before the end of the implementation period will be able to continue to stand and vote.

What has been achieved so far has a lot to do with the outcry and the campaigning which we have done since the #deniedmyvote scandal of May 2019 - over two years ago.

We want to be able to continue to campaign to make sure that all EU citizens and not just some are entitled to vote in local elections (this includes voting for example in regional elections such as for the Greater London Authority).

With your help, we will be able to continue to do so. Please help us reach our new target of £20,000 by renewing your support today using the link below.

As New Europeans UK has just received charity status, you can boost your donation by ticking the Gift Aid box on the donation link!

Thank you once again for all your help - we look forward to staying in touch as we take forward this exciting new phase of our development and continue to campaign to defend the democratic rights of EU citizens in the UK and Britons abroad.

With best regards,

Roger Casale
CEO, New Europeans U