The head of the European Parliament's office in Malta has appealed to the Prime Minister to ensure that no EU citizen resident in Malta and willing and able to vote is incorrectly denied this basic political right.

The appeal was made after the Electoral Commission decided to require non-Maltese EU citizens who were registered for the 2004 European Parliament elections to re-register for 2009. Those who did not re-register were struck off the register. The same was not required of Maltese citizens.

EP Office head Julian Vassallo pointed out that in terms of EU directives, "Community voters who have been entered on the electoral roll shall remain thereon, under the same conditions as voters who are nationals, until such time as they request to be removed or until such time as they are removed automatically because they no longer satisfy the requirements for exercising the right to vote."

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