EU citizenship 1

Question 1

Who has EU Citizenship?

Answer 1

Everyone holding a nationality of a memberstate has additional EU citizenship.

Question 2

difference jus soli and jus sanguinis?

Answer 2

Jus soli’ – acquisition determined by place of birth
‘Jus sanguinis’ – acquisition by being descended from a national

Question 3

What was the outcome of European Commission V. Malta

Answer 3

• EU citizenship is important to EU law and integration.
• Nationality is an important expression of the relationship between a state and the individual, and thus also the EU.
• Making it a ‘transactional procedure’ is a ‘commercialization’ in breach of the duty of sincere co-operation.

Question 4

What rights are connected to EU citizenship?

Answer 4

• Free Movement
• Voting and being elected
• Protection Abroad
• Taking action, defending rights,

Question 5

Can you lose EU citizenship?

Answer 5

-yes (if you lose MS nationality) but must be done proportionally, cant become stateless

• also if MS stops being MS.