Brussels, 22/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - At an initiative of Commissioner Antonio Vitorino, the Commission adopted a communication whereby it assesses the application - so far somewhat unsatisfactory - of the directive on the right to vote and to stand for municipal and European elections, for EU citizens residing in a Member State other than their own. The communication notes that the rate of turnout at European elections on the part of EU citizens not living in their country of origin was...