At the level of the EU, the Maastricht Treaty (Article 8) established European citizenship for all citizens of the Union: On that basis Article 8.b provides that “every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he resides, under the same conditions as nationals of that State”. As a result, all citizens of the Union are entitled to vote and to stand for election for the European Parliament and in local elections in any of the Member States. The Directive 94/80/EC for the rights related to local elections grants all citizens of the Union a right to elect and to stand for election in municipal elections in the Member States where they reside, without this right being connected to the residence in the state of their origin.