ICE - special Europe 2004 - for the first time former Cold War foes can vote in each other's elections
Just fifteen years ago it would have been unthinkable for citizens of countries on one side of the Iron Curtain to vote in elections held on the other. In June this will become a reality. In a few days' time eight former communist countries will be joining the European Union, and elections to the European Parliament will follow six weeks later. EU citizens who are resident in another member country will be entitled to vote for that country's candidates, and that includes the new members. Radio Prague's David Vaughan, a British citizen and Prague resident, went down to register as a Czech voter.
David Vaughan with a letter confirming that he has been added to the electoral roll
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