And before arguing that 16-yrs olds should enter into full citizenship, bear in mind that full citizenship includes such things as the right to enter into military service, the right to go into debt and a variety of other sharp, pointy corners of adult life that minors are currently protected from by virtue of their "citizen-lite" status.
It is certainly possible to make the case that 16-yrs-olds are sufficiently mature to handle the rights, risks and obligations the come with full citizenship. I am not convinced that the case is sound, but I'm not convinced that it's not either.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
Adding, if male you get called to military service at 18, though that is not considered a right as such. You have no right to enter the army, you have an obligation to serve if called. And at 20 you can finally buy a bottle of whisky in a store.
My point is that the rights today come little by little (in Sweden and I presume also in Denmark), and moving "You can vote" from 18 to 16 does not really upset this picture. Interestingly enough, 16 is financial adulthood in Sweden. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
