Weeks of diversity - voting rights for all?

On the growing voting rights gap and the democratic deficit in Austria Around a fifth of the Austrian population and already more than a third of the population of Vienna are excluded from the right to vote. The reasons for this progressive loss of democracy are to be found in the link between the right to vote and citizenship and the restrictive and hurdle-laden rules for acquiring it. The ever-growing voting rights gap is tearing a huge hole in the Austrian political system, affecting everyone in the country. country is affected.
Dr Gerd Valchars teaches political science in Vienna and is a country expert for Austria at the Global Citizenship Observatory at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. Publication:
Migration and Citizenship, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, 2021, together with Rainer Bauböck. Admission FREE Registration required: Sonja Seyr, Citizens' Service of the City of Kufstein, Tel: +43 5372 602 100, seyr@stadt.kufstein.at