<font color='#55563B' size='2'>Lowering the voting age to 16: a way of increasing young people’s democratic participation?</font>
Lowering the voting age to 16: a way of increasing young people’s democratic participation?
[27/03/2014]
In 2007, Austria was the first country in Europe to lower the voting age for all elections from 18 to 16. Out of a concern to improve active participation by young people in political life, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe held a debate on 27 March 2014 to assess the advantages and disadvantages of this measure, which is still an extremely controversial subject among its members.
Abaissement de l’âge du vote à 16 ans : un moyen de renforcer la participation démocratique des jeunes ?
[27/03/2014]
En 2007, l’Autriche a été le premier pays européen à abaisser, pour toutes les élections, le droit de vote de 18 à 16 ans. Soucieux d’améliorer la participation active des jeunes à la vie politique, le Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux du Conseil de l’Europe a organisé, le 27 mars, un débat pour évaluer les avantages et les inconvénients de cette mesur qui reste extrêmement discutée au sein de ses membres.
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In 2007, Austria was the first country in Europe to lower the voting age for all elections from 18 to 16. Out of a concern to improve active participation by young people in political life, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe held a debate on 27 March 2014 to assess the advantages and disadvantages of this measure, which is still an extremely controversial subject among its members.