Brussels, 14/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - the "battle" over voting rights for immigrants in council elections "is already virtually won", declared the spokesperson for Commissioner Antonio Vitorino on Tuesday. The latter is in charge of justice and home affairs. Spokesman, Pietro Petrucci, underlined that eight Member States already allowed non EU nationals to vote in council elections (United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands), four still do not...