The share of voters in the Viennese population has been constantly falling for years. A new record has been achieved this year: In the elections of the State and the city council on 27 April, more than a third of the Viennese will not be allowed to vote.
If even more than 90 percent of adults in Vienna were eligible to vote in the 1980s, the share fell by less than 80 percent for the first time in the 2010 elections, despite reducing age. In the elections of the 2015 city council, more than a quarter of the Viennese were already excluded from the voting rights. Only about 70 percent of people who live in Vienna were called to vote five years ago to vote for the elections of the Vienna City Council.
More than a third of those who have the right to vote comes from the European Union. The approximately 260,000 EU citizens who live in Vienna can participate in the elections of the district representative, but unlike other municipalities, the city council is not voted for because it is also the state parliament in Vienna and is reserved for participation in state elections according to the Constitution of Austrian citizens.
The share of those who have no right to vote is unevenly divided into Vienna: it is highest in the Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district with 45.9 percent, followed by favorites (44.2) and the Brigittenau (44.4). On the other side of the spectrum, Vienna-godding is 24.5 percent.
Vienna on the way to a “half democracy”
There have been warnings that the increasing share of non-voiceing persons is a problem of democracy policy has been around for years. The SOS Mismensch organization speaks about the fact that Vienna is on its way to a “half democracy” because, according to her prediction in 2050, only every second person will be entitled to vote. The problem sees the problem that again will organize a symbolic “pass, regardless of the choice” in the run -up to the election of Vienna, not only in immigration, but also in limiting access to Austrian citizenship. The new three -person coalition is likely to change this, according to the government program, the requirements for knowledge of German still have to be tightened. Only for people with urgently required professions can there be relief in the financial requirements.
Source: Krone
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