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May 20, 2007 

Scotsman.com - How Scot has changed shape of local politics across Europe - by Hugh Ash

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How Scot has changed shape of local politics across Europe - by Hugh Ash

WHEN Spain elects 15,000 mayors and councillors next week, many will owe their seats to a Scot who is helping to redraw the map of European politics by galvanising foreign voters.

Kate Mentink-Duncan was the first person to identify the huge untapped power of migrants to Spain, especially the legion of British expats, who, under European Union law, are entitled to vote in local and European elections wherever they live in the 27-nation bloc.

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