{"id":6461,"date":"2025-03-07T11:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/democracy-gap-is-our-citizenship-law-still-up-to-date\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:47:25","slug":"democracy-gap-is-our-citizenship-law-still-up-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/democracy-gap-is-our-citizenship-law-still-up-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy gap &#8211; Is our citizenship law still up to date?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-2b2qwd-758cdee880317bdaba57c7308728df4c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m7ynjn4u-5852f70389c650ff92b0ef1c19114fe8\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m7ynjn4u-5852f70389c650ff92b0ef1c19114fe8{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#24b28f;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m7ynjn4u-5852f70389c650ff92b0ef1c19114fe8 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m7ynjn4u-5852f70389c650ff92b0ef1c19114fe8 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#24b28f;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m7ynjn4u-5852f70389c650ff92b0ef1c19114fe8 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m7ynjn4u-5852f70389c650ff92b0ef1c19114fe8 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Democracy gap &#8211; Is our citizenship law still up to date?<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m7ynl7se-5739e8afff5ba5a8e65714f4fa30233c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>When we talk about democracy, many people first think of the right to vote. This is linked to Austrian citizenship and thus leads to a worrying democratic gap in a diverse and international metropolis like Vienna. Currently, 29% of Viennese employees and 68% of Viennese workers do not have Austrian citizenship and therefore do not have the right to vote.  <\/p>\n<p>The young generation is particularly affected, which means that the democratic deficit is increasing from year to year. The experience of not having the right to a political say leaves deep scars on people&#8217;s sense of belonging and identification with Austria. <\/p>\n<p>Experts on citizenship law and naturalization will discuss the extent of political exclusion and what changes are needed for genuine representation and fairer access to Austrian citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Join the discussion and share your experiences, observations and ideas for solutions with us!<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #24b28f;\">Where:<\/b> FAKTory Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 9, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #24b28f;\">An event of the series &#8220;Reden \u00fcber Demokratie&#8221; of the AK Vienna. Further dates: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>April 10, 2025. 6.00 p.m.: Participation &amp; Exclusion &#8211; How representative is our parliament?<br \/>\nMay 14, 2025, 12.00 p.m.: Democracy 4.0 &#8211; Participation in the 21st century<br \/>\n4. June 2025, 12.00 noon: Young Voices: Old democracy and young people? <\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #24b28f;\">Contributors:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #24b28f;\">Amela Bousaki<\/b><br \/>\n&#8230; is Chairwoman of the Works Council at Caritas Vienna.<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #24b28f;\">Franjo Markovic<\/b><br \/>\n&#8230; is a consultant in the Labor Market and Integration Department of the Vienna Chamber of Labor with a focus on migration and integration policy.<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #24b28f;\">Maryam Singh<\/b><br \/>\n&#8230; works at the City of Vienna&#8217;s advice center for migrants and runs the initial information events on acquiring Austrian citizenship. She is a lecturer for Asylum &amp; Migration at FH Campus Wien. <\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #24b28f;\"><u>Moderation:<\/u> Mara Verlic<\/b><br \/>\nMunicipal Policy and Housing Department, AK Vienna<\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from original &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/veranstaltung.akwien.at\/de\/demokratieluecke\/registration?accessCode=MfmXdwyA\">AK-Vienna<\/a>, March 7, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we talk about democracy, many people first think of the right to vote. This is linked to Austrian citizenship and thus leads to a worrying democratic gap in a diverse and international metropolis like Vienna. Currently, 29% of Viennese employees and 68% of Viennese workers do not have Austrian citizenship and therefore do not have the right to vote.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}