Citizenship

This post discusses Cases C-808/21 and C-814/21, where the Court affirms the Portuguese Judges case methodology for rule of law enforcement, paving the way for a further substantiation and enforcement of the value of democracy in the future.  

This post contributes to the debate on the CJEU’s case against Malta’s ‘Citizenship-by-Investment’ scheme, arguing that while no genuine link is required for EU citizenship, Member States’ nationality policies must not undermine internal market objectives.

This post argues that the Mirin case, on Legal Gender Recognition, features an interesting element of judicial rhetoric from the CJEU: a judicial aparte within the ruling, to implicitly signal its position on much wider questions than the ones presented in the case.

This post comments on a preliminary ruling in which the ECJ held that a ten-year residence requirement imposed on long-term resident third-country nationals to access basic income under Italian law in is breach of EU law.

This post discusses the major positive developments resulting from the implementation of the Regulation on the European Citizens' Initiative and questions the potential of these developments to ensure the fulfillment of ECI’s objectives.

This post discusses the background context, legal content, and broader consequences of the judgment in the Minority SafePack case.

This post explores the effect of the proposal for regulating political advertising might affect freedom of expression, and the legal basis for the proposed regulation.

This post while situates the case C-709/20 CG within the Union citizenship case law.

This post presents the relevant political backgrounds leading up to Case C-591/17 and discusses the Court’s judgement and reflects upon its the wider implications for the development of an EU-wide vignette system for light vehicles and the use of Article 259 TFEU.

This post will argue that it would be more normatively desirable for the European Union’s legislature to adopt measures in order to preserve these electoral rights for UK citizens.

This post argues that EU law is creating a new class of mobile citizens, whose rights are not dependent on their nationality or location, but upon the fact that they move or have moved.

This post argues that by saying that ‘neutrality’ is a justification for restricting religious equality, the Court gives priority to the right to pursue business over religious freedom.

This post will consider the feasibility of the proposed European Free Movement Mechanism to address UK nationals’ loss of EU citizenship status and rights after their Member State’s withdrawal.