National citizenship is still the last bastion of states’ sovereignty, meaning that EU institutions cannot exercise any direct influence on national citizenship legislation in the EU member states. On the other hand, the process of political integration in the EU, Read More …
This conference proceedings provides the papers presented at the OECD/European Commission joint seminar on Naturalisation and the Socio-Economic Integration of Children held in October 2010 in Brussels. It takes stock of the current knowledge regarding the links between host-country nationality Read More …
By Maarten Vink, University of Maastricht Recent survey data from the Netherlands show that over 60 percent in the Dutch over-18 population oppose the concept of dual nationality, in particular lower educated and over-45s. Three in every five people in Read More …
Read the press release by the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the Judgment in Case C-434/09 Shirley McCarthy v Secretary of State for the Home Department Read the Judgment of the Court
by Mária M. Kovács and Szabolcs Pogonyi The new Hungarian constitution, approved by the central right government with a two-thirds majority on 18 April, was signed into law by President Pál Schmitt on 25 April. The date has a dual Read More …
Statelessness in the European Union draws together original research from over one hundred interviews in Estonia, France, Slovenia and the United Kingdom to provide one of the first comparative accounts of the de facto or de jure stateless populations in Read More …
Case Note by Helena Wray, EUDO CITIZENSHIP UK expert ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 4 This British Supreme Court decision, handed down on 1st February 2011, concerned the weight to be given to a citizen child’s best interests when Read More …
by Loïc Azoulai, European University Institute A genuine European integration Let me say first where I see the main contribution of this judgment to the development of European citizenship. In the case-law of the Court which gave substance to this Read More …
by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Gianluca Parolin, American University in Cairo When Egyptian voters entered the polling stations on 19 March 2011, they found on the ballot a different text of the proposed amendments previously announced by the Supreme Council of Read More …
by Elspeth Guild, University of Nijmegen 8 March is generally celebrated as International Women’s Day. This year it may be celebrated as a milestone in children’s rights in the EU and as a point of transition for citizens of the Read More …
