EU citizenship finds itself in but a deadlock. Certainly no longer being just a symbol of European integration but still far away from a meaningful status of its holders, Union citizenship fails to find its place in the legal landscape of the EU. Having sketched out the current state of EU citizenship and some of its outstanding problems, this article suggests to analyse Union citizenship anew and free from the constraints of legal methodology. In order to do that, this piece employs the works of Jacques Derrida and, on the background of his views on Europe, deconstructs EU citizenship unravelling its aporia.

Since the announcement of the referendum result, Brexit has posed a challenge to the EU's institutions, policies and legal order. The Court of Justice of the European Union has not been an exception. This contribution examines former Advocate‐General Eleanor Sharpston's failed bid to reverse her premature removal from the bench due to the UK's formal withdrawal from the Union. This case note argues that Eleanor Sharpston indeed should not have been allowed to stay in office until her term expired, critically engages with the Court's refusal to take the matter within the ambit of its judicial review and reflects on whether these developments meet the standards of judicial independence.

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This case note reports on the judgment of the Court of Justice in case C-673/20 EP. The decision clarified that British nationals lost their EU citizenship status following the UK's withdrawal from the Union. After giving an overview of the facts of the case and summarizing the opinion of AG Collins and the Court's reasoning, this contribution critically engages with the judgment and reflects on its place in the Court's jurisprudence on Union citizenship.

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