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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9170

8 April 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Advocate General Tizzano decides in favour of Dutch West Indians, saying they could have taken part in last European elections and in referendum on Constitutional Treaty

Luxemburg, 07/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - Mike Eman and Benny Sevinger, who live in the Dutch West Indies, should have been able to vote in the 2004 European elections because the Dutch law which prevented them from doing so was contrary to the principle of equality of treatment between Dutch nationals, said Advocate General Antonio Tizzano. His conclusions, in a case opposing two West Indians and the authorities in The Hague, concern the right to vote of inhabitants of Overseas Countries and...

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