Wählerverzeichnis zur Europawahl Eintragung von in Deutschland lebenden Unionsbürgern

If you are a citizen of the European Union living in Germany and wish to take part in the European elections, you must first be entered in the electoral register. This happens either automatically ex officio or you must submit an application.
If you have already been entered in the electoral roll for previous European elections and have not moved abroad in the meantime, you will be entered in the electoral roll ex officio and do not need to submit an application.
In all other cases, you must apply to be entered in the electoral roll.

Application pursuant to Annex 2A of the European Electoral Regulations

You will be added to the electoral roll ex officio if on election day you

• are a citizen of a member state of the European Union,
• are at least 18 years old,
• are not excluded from the right to vote and
• were entered on the electoral roll in previous European elections.

You will be entered on the voters' register on request,
if you are on election day:

• are a national of a member state of the European Union,
• are at least 18 years old on election day,
• are not excluded from the right to vote and
• have had a residence or habitual abode in Germany for at least 3 months or
• have a contract of employment, employment contract or training contract as a captain or crew member for a seagoing vessel flying the German flag or
• are registered as a skipper of an inland waterway vessel entered in the German shipping register or as a member of the corresponding household , or
• are registered at the address of a prison or similar institution in Germany.

As a citizen of the Union, you can register on the electoral roll for the European elections as follows:

• You submit an application in accordance with Annex 2A of the European Electoral Regulations to the municipality responsible for you.
• The authority will decide on your application and send you a voter's notification or a rejection notice.

• Register of voters for the European elections Registration of EU citizens living in Germany
• Entry is made ex officio or on application
• ex officio:
  • Citizenship of a Member State of the European Union,
  • at least 18 years old on election day,
  • no exclusion from the right to vote,
  • if already registered in the voters' register for previous European elections and have not moved abroad in the meantime
• on application:
  • No ex officio registration,
  • Citizenship of a member state of the European Union,
  • at least 18 years old on election day,
  • no exclusion from the right to vote,
  • have lived or habitually resided in Germany for at least 3 months on election day or
  • in the case of an employment, employment or training contract as a captain or crew member for a seagoing vessel flying the German flag or
  • a skipper of an inland waterway vessel registered in the German shipping register or as a member of the corresponding household or
  • registered at the address of a prison or similar institution in Germany
• Responsible at the time of application:
  • Municipality,
  • in which you have a residence,
  • in which you usually reside,
  • in which the shipowner has his or her registered office,
  • which is the home town of the inland vessel or
  • in which the prison is located

Annex 2A to the European Electoral Regulations