The legislation concerning multiple citizenship and voting touches upon the complex interconnectedness of (inter)national politics, ethnic majorities and minorities, identity and loyalty. The extension of citizenship and voting rights beyond the state borders can be seen as a rather new process of transnationalism and the end of the Westphalian state system. The functions of borders have changed, but the borders themselves have not disappeared. Therefore, the process can also be seen as interference in the national politics, imposing territorial claims and even as a violation of state sovereignty. Both can be present at the same time: in the East Central Europe a state offers citizenship for a minority group in neighboring states, but opposes the extension of citizenship of those same states, when directed towards a minority group inside itself. The paper focuses on the processes of extending voting rights to the Hungarian dual citizens living outside of Hungary.
