Are foreigners involved in the life of the city? Do they exercise any political right in a country other than their own? Do they enjoy a status which appears, on one point or another, to the nationals of the State in which they reside? /In order to answer these questions in a meaningful way, it is important to clarify the temporal and geographical context of the discussion. It is also necessary to determine the key themes of this.//SUMMARY/Introduction/Chapter I. Fundamental political rights/I. The electorate/II. Eligibility/III. Access to public employment/Chapter II. Derived political rights/I. People’s rights/II. The European electorate/III. European eligibility/Chapter III. Implementation of political rights/I. Beneficiaries of political rights/II. Conditions for exercising political rights/Conclusion