On 20 October, the European Commission (EC) has issued letters of formal notice regarding the investor citizenship programmes in Cyprus and Malta, thus opening an infringement procedure against the two countries.
Over the last fifty years most states have expanded their electorate by offering voting rights to their citizens residing abroad. Turnout has, however, remained almost consistently low and only in a few occasions has the expat vote had a significant impact on electoral outcomes.
On 20 and 21 September 2020, Italian voters cast their ballots in a referendum to amend the Italian Constitution. Two core issue are put to popular vote: to reduce the number of Members of Parliament from 630 to 400 in the Chamber of Deputies and from 315 to 200 in the Senate.
Our first GLOBALCIT Webinar addresses the challenges that the revival of citizenship revocation raises for the study of citizenship as a secure and equal membership in a state.
We are looking for two research assistants starting on 1 January 2021 for a part-time 80%, four days per week with a contract of 12 months.
On 30 June 2020, the Dutch Senate approved a bill that would temporarily allow dual citizenship for Dutch citizens who reside in the United Kingdom.
We are happy to announce the publication of a new book by our co-director Jo Shaw The People in Question: Citizens and Constitutions in Uncertain Times (Bristol University Press).
The GLOBALCIT team congratulates our research associate Luuk van der Baaren and our former collaborator Lamin Khadar on their recent achievements.
Three of GLOBALCIT’s co-directors (Rainer Bauböck, Jelena Džankić and Jo Shaw) want to welcome Professor Maarten Vink’s appointment as Professor of Citizenship Studies at the European University Institute, within the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. Congratulations on this richly deserved accolade!
In his GLOBALCIT Working Paper Citizenship loss and deprivation in the European Union (27 + 1), Jules Lepoutre argues that citizenship legislations of the Member States of the European Union are the result of common principles, shared influences and various constitutional Read More …
