Toward European Citizenship

Besson, Samantha; Utzinger, André

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9833.2008.00421.x

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“…Perhaps Latvian society is not ready to understand the difference between national and European citizenship and is seeing it as a threat to the national citizenship. However, there is no real reason for such attitude, as European citizenship has a derivative nature, as it cannot be gained without having Member State citizenship, as well as a complementary nature and "is not meant to replace national citizenship" (Besson & Utzinger, 2008).…”

Section: Notion Of European Citizenshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Rights of citizens are granted by the EU treaties, thus, from all three aspects, that is the most self-evident aspect. If the rights are violated, citizens can go to court and, according to Samantha Besson and André Utzinger, active case-law by the European Court of Justice is one of the reasons why European citizenship is developing, and the rights, granted by the EU treaties, are really implemented (Besson & Utzinger, 2008). When speaking about the sense of belonging, it is not enough to declare it by EU treaties as people themselves should be aware of their affiliation.…”

Section: Notion Of European Citizenshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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European Institutions On Social Media ‒ Shaping the Notion of European Citizenship

Gaušis

2017

Economics and Business

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Abstract. This study supports topical discussion about the possibilities to use social media as a tool for citizen involvement in democratic processes. Contemporary academic views and statistics on the use of social media for communication between institutions and citizens are gathered in the study. The research focus is on social media publications, analysing the content of four European Parliament`s social media accounts in Latvian during the period from 1 July 2015 to 31 December 2015. The aim of the research is to identify the potential of the information published on European Parliament`s social media accounts in shaping the European citizenship notion among youth in Latvia. The conclusions present clear idea on the frequency of European citizenship topics in the corresponding social media accounts as well as on the amount of feedback and the share of youth involvement in this communication. The results of the study suggest that for now European Parliament`s social media publications in Latvian have little potential to develop the notion of European citizenship and there is a need for a well-considered use of social media to assure that the opportunity for two-way communication is fruitfully used.

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Section: Notion Of European Citizenshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Notion Of European Citizenshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

European Institutions On Social Media ‒ Shaping the Notion of European Citizenship

Gaušis

2017

Economics and Business

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“…This section concludes that studying electoral rights for those residents who lack the citizenship of the host state offers a case study which helps us to understand better the transformation of traditional state-centric concepts of citizenship rights into broader concentric and overlapping circles of membership affiliations, where the links between rights and belonging have partially been severed. Related to this we see the emergence of a multilayered and polycentric concept of European citizenship where the EU and national dimensions are mutually constitutive (Besson and Utzinger 2008).…”

Section: Take Down Policymentioning

confidence: 98%

Citizenship and Political Participation: The Role of Electoral Rights Under European Union Law

Shaw

2010

SSRN Journal

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As a contribution to a collection focusing on immigration in Ireland, this paper provides the broader EU political and legal context to issues of political participation of non-citizens in domestic elections. The paper surveys both the EU electoral rights themselves, under the EU Treaties, and also the intersection between these rights and national political practices which grant, or deny, political participation rights to all migrants, regardless of whether they are EU citizens or third country nationals.

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“…In the case at hand, the Court considered it to be 'clear' that the situation of a Union citizen who is faced with a decision withdrawing naturalization resulting in a loss of Union citizenship fell 'by reason of its nature and its consequences' within the ambit of EU law. 113 Nevertheless, the predominant threat in the academic literature cited by the AG and followed by the Court has been that European citizenship poses strict limits upon the member states in determining rules for the acquisition and loss of nationality. 108 Hence, when exercising their competences in the sphere of nationality law, which is intrinsically linked to the acquisition and loss of the fundamental status of Union citizen, member states are obliged to have due regard to EU principles of law.…”

Section: European Union Citizenship and Member State Nationalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The self-perpetuation of EU constitutionalism in the area of free movement of persons: Virtuous or vicious cycle?

Wiesbrock

2013

Glob. Con.

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This paper analyses the mutual infl uence and self-perpetuating cycle of legitimacy of EU legal scholars and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in expanding and broadening the free movement rights of Union citizens and their family members. It is argued that legal scholars have played a dual role in promoting the constitutional paradigm of an ever-expanding scope of directly enforceable residence and movement rights in the EU. First, by presenting the expansion of free movement rights as an inevitable outcome of the EU constitutional order based on directly enforceable individual rights, scholars have played a signifi cant role in legitimizing the jurisprudence of the Court in the face of initial resistance from the member states. Second, legal scholars have been an important source for the Court of Justice in developing its case law in this area. The Advocates General in their opinions have drawn on an expanding fi eld of scholarship presenting the expansion of free movement rights as an inherent feature of the EU as a constitutional legal order. Spurred by the objective of turning the EU into more than an internal market, the opinions of the Advocates General have mostly been followed by the Court. Legal scholars have thus served not only as a legitimizing force, but also as a source of inspiration for the perceived constitutionalization of free movement rights in the EU.

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Toward European Citizenship

Cited by 34 publications

References 30 publications

European Institutions On Social Media ‒ Shaping the Notion of European Citizenship

European Institutions On Social Media ‒ Shaping the Notion of European Citizenship

Citizenship and Political Participation: The Role of Electoral Rights Under European Union Law

The self-perpetuation of EU constitutionalism in the area of free movement of persons: Virtuous or vicious cycle?

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