Italy, like 8 MIPEX countries, including CA, FR, and DE, provides best practice on political liberties for migrants, but critically weak electoral rights. A migrant can join a political party, but cannot vote or stand asits candidate in local or regional elections. Migrants can form their own associations, which elect representatives (with state intervention) to national, regional and local consultative bodies. At national level, representatives are not elected at all, but completely appointed by the state. These representatives are only consulted ad-hoc. The state helps migrants to actively participate in public life by funding their associations, but it does not actively inform them of their political rights.
