News from Portugal indicates that in recent elections across various cities and districts, individuals holding Portuguese residency rights have been included in the scope of regional government elections in Portugal.
Currently, many local election advertisements in Portugal are promoting that immigrants with formal residency in Portugal can participate in this year's local elections, thereby including foreign immigrants in municipal and community elections. According to local lawyers in Portugal: “Any legal immigrant from a country that has signed an agreement with the Portuguese government allowing their citizens to participate in local elections in each other's countries will have the right to vote in local elections.” However, since there is currently no formal agreement signed between Portugal and China, Chinese immigrants in Portugal will have to wait for some time to obtain voting rights in local elections.
Nevertheless, this new measure has still excited the Chinese community in Portugal, indicating that the local government values foreign immigrants and sees them as an integral part of Portugal's economic development. On the other hand, it informs foreign immigrants that they enjoy the same voting rights as Portuguese citizens, and Portuguese immigrants are one step closer to becoming Portuguese citizens.
In Western societies, democratic elections have become the right of every individual in society to influence the local government. The eligibility of legal immigrants to vote at the local level reflects the intrinsic value of immigrants. This value tells immigrants that they are not mere spectators in the historical process of Portugal, but participants, which is often referred to as the issue of integration. Any immigrant with residency rights can participate in local elections, and regardless of whom they vote for or if they abstain, it fully demonstrates the social value that immigrants create locally. With voting rights, local political parties will pay more attention to strengthening ties with foreign immigrants, advocating for more rights and fairer treatment for them.
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