Regulating the Internal Market

Citizens of elsewhere, everywhere and . . . nowhere? Rethinking Union citizenship in light of Brexit

“…Union citizenship therefore also involves a significant loss of sovereignty on the part of Member States in relation to their immigration policy, 71 a point that could not have been more salient in the context of the Brexit debates (think 'take back control' of both migration and of sovereignty). 72 Moreover, it is a status the rights of which have been substantially fleshed out, not by the legislature (although this has certainly played its part) 73 but by a judicial actor: the Court of Justice. This is not an irrelevant detail in the context of Brexit.…”

From Resource to Burden: Rescaling Solidarity with Strangers in the Single Market

“…78 Spelling out the implications of the 'limitations and conditions' of the right to free movement for economically non-active EU citizens leads to the accentuation of individual duties, such as the 'obligation or responsibility' to have sufficient resources. 79 Inasmuch as the change of emphasis in recent case-law reflects the political, or popular, concern that economically non-actives are indeed not active enough and, at worst, 'have no intention of being so and deliberately abuse Union law', 80 it is in line with the thinking behind the 'new welfare contract'. Especially Ziolkowski and Szeja and Alimanovic can be read in a similar light.…”