This open access book looks at the migration of Southern European EU citizens (from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece) who move to Northern European Member States (Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom) in response to the global economic crisis. Its objective is Read More …
Interest in statelessness has been steadily increasing since the late 1990s – within academia, among governments, at the UN and among civil society organisations. Research projects, mapping studies and doctrinal discussions have helped to clarify the challenges faced and our Read More …
Civis europaeus sum? Am I a citizen of the Union? This question, which is the cornerstone of this thesis, is also the question that people affected by an eventual State succession within an EU Member State need an answer to. Read More …
On 29 November, the president-elect of the United States Donald Trump tweeted that individuals who burn the US flag should bear the consequences of their act, such as ‘perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail’. The tweet was motivated Read More …
On 23 June 2016, the British people decided to leave the European Union (EU). Although the withdrawal process has not yet started, it is not surprising that some concerns have emerged in relation to the situation of British citizens residing Read More …
Many Italian citizens living outside the country will have the opportunity to vote in the constitutional referendum on 4 December. But what impact could these votes have in shaping the result? Lorenzo Piccoli highlights that with voters outside Italy accounting for around 8 per cent of the electorate, the count at the Civil Protection Centre in Castelnuovo di Porto, where the expatriate ballots are delivered, could be crucial in determining the outcome.
The Economist writes that following their independence from the British rule, many Gulf states have started stripping dissidents and their families of their citizenship, often rendering them stateless. Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar have all resorted to citizenship Read More …
The free movement of people played an important role in the EU referendum campaign and it has been widely discussed as an aspect of the future negotiation package during the months since then. From an EU law perspective, it is part of the package of ‘four freedoms’ that make up the single market: goods, services, capital and people.
Jonathan Faull, the former leader of the Commission’s Brexit task force, requested a ‘high level action’ by the Commission to facilitate the acquisition of dual nationality for British European Union (EU) officials in Belgium and other countries. British officials seeking Read More …
A growing literature deals with the models that states have developed to reach out to their emigrant communities. The literature covers a wide range of initiatives, most notably electoral policies. In this line of research, we present a comparative view Read More …
