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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.
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Abaissement de l��ge du vote � 16 ans : un moyen de renforcer la participation d�mocratique des jeunes ?
[27/03/2014]
En 2007, l�Autriche a �t� le premier pays europ�en � abaisser, pour toutes les �lections, le droit de vote de 18 � 16 ans. Soucieux d�am�liorer la participation active des jeunes � la vie politique, le Congr�s des pouvoirs locaux et r�gionaux du Conseil de l�Europe a organis�, le 27 mars, un d�bat pour �valuer les avantages et les inconv�nients de cette mesur qui reste extr�mement discut�e au sein de ses membres.
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