PART II: THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE UNION
TITLE V - CITIZENS' RIGHTS
ARTICLE II-99
Right to vote and to stand as a candidate at elections to the European Parliament
1. Every citizen of the Union has the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at elections to the European Parliament in the Member State in which he or she resides, under the same conditions as nationals of that State.
2. Members of the European Parliament shall be elected by direct universal suffrage
in a free and secret ballot.
ARTICLE II-100
Right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections
Every citizen of the Union has the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he or she resides under the same conditions as nationals of that State.
ARTICLE II-101
Right to good administration
1. Every person has the right to have his or her affairs handled impartially, fairly and within a reasonable time by the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union.
2. This right includes:
(a) the right of every person to be heard, before any individual measure which
would affect him or her adversely is taken;
(b) the right of every person to have access to his or her file, while respecting
the legitimate interests of confidentiality and of professional and business
secrecy;
(c) the obligation of the administration to give reasons for its decisions.
3. Every person has the right to have the Union make good any damage caused
by its institutions or by its servants in the performance of their duties, in
accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States.
4. Every person may write to the institutions of the Union in one of the languages of the Constitution and must have an answer in the same language.
ARTICLE II-102
Right of access to documents
Any citizen of the Union, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State, has a right of access to documents of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union, whatever their medium.
ARTICLE II-103
European Ombudsman
Any citizen of the Union and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State has the right to refer to the European Ombudsman cases of maladministration in the activities of the institutions, bodies, offices or agencies of the Union, with the exception of the Court of Justice of the European Union acting in its judicial role.
ARTICLE II-104
Right to petition
Any citizen of the Union and any natural or legal person residing or having
its registered office in a Member State has the right to petition the European
Parliament.
ARTICLE II-105
Freedom of movement and of residence
1. Every citizen of the Union has the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.
2. Freedom of movement and residence may be granted, in accordance with the
Constitution, to nationals of third countries legally resident in the territory
of a Member State.
ARTICLE II-106
Diplomatic and consular protection
Every citizen of the Union shall, in the territory of a third country in which
the Member State of which he or she is a national is not represented, be entitled
to protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any Member State,
on the same conditions as the nationals of that Member State.