Legal Status of European Union Citizens

Authors

  • І. Kononchuk

Keywords:

European Union citizenship, citizens of European Union, legal status of citizens, migration rights, political rights

Abstract

This article analyzes and evaluates the legal status of European Union (EU) citizens. The main stages of citizenship formation are defined. Founding treaty provisions and acts of secondary legislation concerning the European Union citizenship are examined. Migration and political rights and requirements of EU citizens are described. The notion «EU citizenship» has different sense from the notion «state citizenship», it complements rather than replaces national citizenship, and therefore it has subsidiary character. Implementation of EU citizenship strengthens the international nature of EU, democratizes its political life, as it emphasizes that the goal of the union is about development of personality of its citizens through giving them supplementary rights and freedoms and increases EU supranationality.

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Published

2016-04-28

How to Cite

Kononchuk І. (2016). Legal Status of European Union Citizens. History and Law Journal, 7(1), 116–120. Retrieved from http://www.chasopys.hl.vnu.volyn.ua/index.php/chasopys/article/view/424

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2016): History & Law Journal

Section

SECTION 2. CONSTITUTIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, INFORMATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

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