Talk:Article 3: Citizenship

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4) There may be arguments for assigning the voting right to the country of nationality, rather than the country of residence. But taxation is based mainly on place of residence. The formula chosen here preserves the link between taxation and representation. A citizen may, on the other hand, run for office in any country that will allow him to do so.

(Original footnotes from "A constitution for the European Union": Oct 26th 2000 The Economist print edition ©2000 The Economist Newspaper Limited. All rights reserved.)