Political participation is the weakest of the six areas of integration policy measured by MIPEX, with critically weak 0% scores for consultative bodies and implementation policies. Despite the 2005 Concept of Migration Policy's aim to promote the integration of all third-country nationals, consultations and public funding for associations are limited to asylum seekers and refugees at the national level. Slovakia limits migrants' political liberties, granting no rights to create or join political parties or movements. Slovakia's electoral rights would reach best practice if any legal resident of at least five years, and not only official long-term residents, could stand and vote in local elections.
