Originally Posted by
Maluku_Flyer
I think they can. The travel bans for hooli..., uh, unruly football fans haven't been challenged in the European Court of Justice yet AFAIK. Just one example. I'm sure there are others. You can also be expelled from an EU country even though you are the citizen of another EU country.
Ah. Unless there are exceptional circumstances or by prior arrangement. But if I, as a UK citizen, show up at the German border without any court or similar order prohibiting my entry, then I cannot be lawfully turned away, hence the fracas when Geert Wilders was denied entry to the UK. Then-Home Secretary Jacqui ("porn") Smith had to go out of her way to ban him.
Originally Posted by
jms_uk
I don't think there are 27 countries in the Schengen yet
How weird. I just read this was 25 the other day and have no idea why I wrote 27.
Originally Posted by
jms_uk
For local elections, I think you may find that all those legal residents still have to be nationals of the countries you mentioned.
I have a Japanese friend who votes in local elections and is most certainly not a Commonwealth citizen. Then again, it could just be his local electoral office is supremely incompetent. Wouldn't be the first.