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Annex 2 to the European Election Regulations

The forms are also available from diplomatic and consular missions abroad.

If you are a German citizen living abroad, you can still vote in the European elections.
To do so, you must apply to be entered on the electoral roll.

You can register on the electoral roll as a German citizen or German citizen abroad if you are on the
register on the electoral roll if you

• are German or German nationals within the meaning of Article 116(1) of the Basic Law,
• are at least 18 years old on election day
• are not excluded from the right to vote
• have been resident in a member state of the European Union for at least 3 months on the day of the election or are otherwise ordinarily resident there, or
• after reaching the age of 14, have resided or otherwise been habitually resident in the Federal Republic of Germany for an uninterrupted period of at least three months and this residence did not take place more than 25 years previously, or
• for other reasons you have acquired personal and direct familiarity with the political conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany and are affected by them,
• in all cases, you have submitted a written application in accordance with Annex 2 to the European Election Regulations by the 21st day before the election, which includes a corresponding declaration in lieu of an oath to the effect that you do not vote in any other member state or in any other German municipality.

Application in accordance with Annex 2 to the European Election Regulations

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You can register as a German citizen living abroad
you can be entered on the electoral roll for the European elections as follows
register:

• You submit an application in accordance with Annex 2 of the European Election Regulations to the last municipality in which you had a residence or otherwise usually resided before moving abroad.
• If you have never lived in Germany, the application must be submitted to the Berlin Mitte district authority.
• The authority decides on the application and at the same time sends out absentee ballot documents or a negative decision.

Application deadline: until the 21st day before the election

Electoral authority of the independent city/municipality/authority/association municipality in which you lived or otherwise habitually resided before moving abroad

• § Section 15 of the European Electoral Regulations (EuWO)
• § Section 16 of the European Electoral Regulations (EuWO)
• § Section 17 of the European Electoral Regulations (EuWO)
• § Section 21 of the European Electoral Regulations (EuWO)
• Annex 2 to the European Electoral Regulations (EuWO)

• Information for Germans living abroad on the website of the Federal Returning Officer

Ministry of the Interior of the State of NRW