Article 14 (Portuguese abroad) Portuguese citizens who find themselves or who reside abroad enjoy the state’s protection in the exercise of the rights and are subject to the duties that are not incompatible with their absence from the country. Article 15 (Foreigners, stateless persons, European citizens) 1. Foreigners and stateless persons who find themselves or who reside in Portugal enjoy the same rights and are subject to the same duties as Portuguese citizens. 2. Political rights, the exercise of public functions that are not predominantly technical in nature, and the rights and duties that the Constitution and the law reserve exclusively to Portuguese citizens are excepted from the provisions of the previous paragraph. 3. Save for access to appointment to the offices of President of the Republic, President of the Assembly of the Republic, Prime Minister and President of any of the supreme courts, and for service in the armed forces and the diplomatic corps, rights that are not otherwise granted to foreigners are accorded, as laid down by law and under reciprocal terms, to the citizens of Portuguese-speaking states who reside permanently in Portugal. 4. Under reciprocal terms, the law may accord foreigners who reside in Portugal the eligibility to vote for and stand for election as officeholders of local authority organs. 5. Under reciprocal terms, the law may also accord citizens of European Union Member States who reside in Portugal the eligibility to vote for and stand for election as Members of the European Parliament. Article 16 (Scope and interpretation of fundamental rights) 1. The fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution shall not exclude any others set out in applicable international laws and legal rules. 2. The constitutional and legal precepts concerning fundamental rights must be interpreted and completed in harmony with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 17 (Regime governing rights, freedoms and guarantees) The regime governing rights, freedoms and guarantees applies to those set out in Title II and to fundamental rights of an analogous nature. Article 18