Welcome to Europeans Throughout The World (E.T.T.W.)
I welcome you to the website of the E.T.T.W. and hope you find it useful and continue to consult it in months and years to come. In 2024, E.T.T.W. celebrated its 40th year since its establishment. Four decades focusing on the rights of European expatriates and the well-being of eachRead More
“The European Diaspora at a Crossroads – Challenges for the European Expatriates in a Rapidly Changing World”
Europeans Throughout The World Celebrates 40 Years of Connecting the European Diaspora! On 11 June 2025, Europeans Throughout The World (ETTW) will host a special conference in Brussels to mark the 40th anniversary of its founding. Since 1984, ETTW has been an umbrella organisation for many national expat associations. ItRead More
“Should mobile EU citizens be allowed to vote in national elections in their country of residence?”
Please give your opinion – should mobile EU citizens be allowed to vote in national elections in their country of residence within the EU? Vote here: https://open2vote.eu/mobile-cit/bills/2 (MobileCIT question Nr. 2.) Background The freedom of movement is a fundamental EU right and EU citizenship is laid down in the EURead More
MobileCIT project – an opportunity for European mobile citizens to participate in shaping e-democracy
More than 13.7 million people live in one of the European Union Member States and hold citizenship of another European Union Member State. Usually, they have little to no involvement in the political processes of the European Union. These mobile citizens also face everyday challenges that are easily solvable butRead More
ETTW President, Steven van Laer: “We’ll build an inclusive Europe for mobile EU citizens”
ETTW has won an EU grant for our activities. The Mobile/CIT project is part of the European Commission programme Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values. With our NGO partners in the project, MyVoice (Latvia), the ECIT foundation (Brussels) and the Swedish think tank Open Knowledge (OKS) our project will digitally sourceRead More
New ETTW members
At its Board meeting on November 23rd, ETTW welcomed two new member associations: The American Slovenian Education Foundation The organization aims to enhance Slovenian education activities and unite Slovenian scholars and educators across the globe. It offers a variety of high-impact grants and endowment programs, teaching and learning materials asRead More
Inclusive Europe for mobile EU citizens
The issue Mobile EU citizens settling in another Member State need support to ease their democratic inclusion in the host society. Currently, support is often made available to third-country nationals and mobile EU citizens as a specific group often lack sufficient support. We aim to strengthen instruments for mobile EURead More