Many of EU Nationals Sit on Spanish Local Councils
Recently released officials figures show the 85 of more than 68000 councilors elected in just over 8000 municipalities in the 2007 local elections were born in other EU countries. The two largest groups came from Britain and Germany, with 37 and 17 respectively.
The Ministry of Regional Policy figures show that the regional with the biggest foreign populations also have the highest number of members on their local councils. Here are 30 EU born councilors in Valencia and 18 in Andalucia. And 37 in the rest of Spain. Two Spanish municipalities have foreigners as mayor.
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