The paper deals with granting foreign citizens the right to vote and it seeks arguments for and against the enforcement of such a practice. The decision on granting political rights to the individuals outside the citizen population requires extensive argumentation according to international law and an internationally comparable typologisation. By analysing the dominating discourses in the country during the period of an active discussion on expanding the right to vote, this paper tries to offer an insight into the previous political climate that explains the present regime characteristics: from exclusive trends to external pressures from international integrations as a consequence of various commitments. A broader theoretical definition of the phenomenon and a synthesis of various empirical findings nevertheless provide a deeper insight into the necessary system improvements or into the continuity of the development of democratic standards that primarily call for a friendlier structure of political opportunities for non-citizens with the right to vote. Their impact on political decision-making is negligible, which partially results from their low share in the electoral body.