This article disputes the recent argument of Dimitry Kochenov advocating an ‘EU Citizenship without Duties’. His thesis rests on an untenable form of philosophical anarchism that overlooks the role played by our political obligations to state structures in securing rights. Read More …
The article raises the question of why immigrants become or do not become citizens of their destination country. Political incorporation of immigrants through naturalisation is driven by several factors, including opportunities to naturalise on the one hand and the (perceived) Read More …
In a referendum held on Sunday 7 June, well over 70 percent of Luxembourg voters voted cast a ballot against granting the right to vote in national and local elections to foreign residents. Had the vote been carried,Luxembourg would have Read More …
Last week, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act came into force. The Bill C-24 gives the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister the power to “revoke citizenship from dual nationals convicted of terrorism, treason and high treason, and/or spying for foreign Read More …
Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that many immigrants fail to integrate economically. Research shows that the option to naturalize has considerable economic benefits for eligible immigrants, even in countries with a tradition of restrictive policies. First-generation immigrants Read More …
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Dimitris Christopoulos The Draft Law on citizenship elaborated by the Ministry of Interior provides for the acquisition of citizenship by declaration for persons who are either minors born in Greece or have lived there as Read More …
How do the states in Western Europe turn outsiders into insiders? This article examines that question by introducing a new qualitative framework that we term national membership conditionality structures (MCS). This framework includes not only status acquisition rules, such as Read More …
After having coordinated their nationality laws since the late 19th century, the Scandinavian countries have moved in distinctly different directions in this field since the turn of the millennium. Today Sweden has one of the most liberal citizenship policies in Read More …
Citizens from most EU countries living in the UK will not get a vote in the referendum on Europe, No 10 has said. The eligibility rules will be broadly the same as for a general election, rather than local Read More …
The question of who votes in what elections is usually thought to be a rather nerdy and obscure question, and it doesn’t often capture the public imagination. So it was quite something to see an announcement from Number 10 in advance of the publication of the EU Referendum Bill telling us what the franchise is going to be in the referendum trending as ‘most popular’ and as a ‘top story’ on the BBC News website
