scholarly journals ‘An Ever Closer Union Among the Peoples of Europe’: Union Citizenship, Democracy, Rights and the Enfranchisement of Second Country Nationals

2018 ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Richard Bellamy
Keyword(s):  
Union Citizenship

Agonism and the Reconception of European Citizenship

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulina Tambakaki
Keyword(s):  
European Citizenship ◽  
Union Citizenship ◽  
The Way

Viewed either as a limited undertaking or a process in the making, European citizenship appears to be caught at an impasse. While the dominant approaches fail to break from the confines of the demos/no demos thesis, the challenges confronting Union citizenship ironically converge with those posed to citizenship discourse. Can European citizenship escape from this impasse? To address this question the article shows how the agonistic emphasis on contestation opens the way for a different reading of European citizenship. On this reading, Union citizenship is not simply taken as a means to participation, but as a channel for political mobilisation. Constructed out of an affective identification with the negative, with that we oppose rather than endorse, the agonistic conception, argues the article, insightfully shifts the terms of debating Union citizenship.

scholarly journals Once again: Plural nationality

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Ulrich Jessurun d’Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Sexual Equality ◽  
Sensitive Areas ◽  
Dual Nationality ◽  
Union Citizenship ◽  
Natural Result ◽  
New Phenomena

Plural nationality is as normal as single nationality, and it is accepted as inevitable by more and more states. It is the natural result of the existence of states and the vast and overlapping diversity of criteria for attribution of nationality. Von Savigny and Laurent wrestled in their time with similar problems as we witness nowadays, although new phenomena such as sexual equality and increased mobility create new urgencies. Brexit prods some states into embracing dual nationality. Some sensitive areas are explored, first of all antiterrorist measures in the field of nationality, where plural nationality is welcomed as it enables states to divest themselves of unwanted citizens. These policies are discriminatory and weaken the bond of nationality for monopatrides as well. Finally, George Scelle’s theory on dédoublement fonctionnel is used to explain that Member States attribute the nationality of the European Union, leading to Union citizenship, alongside the Union citizenship as based on the nationality of the Member States. This explains the differences between national citizenships and the more limited Union citizenship.

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