A European citizenship or a Europe of citizens? Third country nationals in the EU

Bibliographic Data

ID7843548
AuthorsRussell Hansen (0009-0008-1706-471X, corresponding author), Randall Hansen
Year1998
Volume24
Issue4
Pages751-768
Publication date1998-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.1998.9976664
OpenAlexW1984437262
LanguageEN
Citations received32
References cited23

Beginning with the argument that the greatest inadequacy of European citizenship is its failure to address the situation of the some 12–13 million third country nationals permanently resident in the EU, this article examines the scope for granting such individuals political citizenship in the context of three constraints: member state hostility to a transfer of competence in nationality to Community institutions, competing definitions of nationality within the Union and a current definition of EU citizenship that institutionalises its derivative character. It considers three possibilities canvassed in the scholarly literature: an extension of EU citizenship as it is currently defined, an activist ECJ jurisprudence and an uncoordinated harmonisation of member state policies on naturalisation. In light of the practical limitations on these possibilities, the article concludes that the most feasible path to an inclusive European citizenship lies not in questioning the subordination of European citizenship to national citizenship, but rather in encouraging moves across the EU in favour of a general acceptance of dual nationality

Member state · Naturalisation · European Union Policy and Governance · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Systems and Governance

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