EU Citizenship: Some Systemic Constitutional Implications

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Table of Contents: I. Citizenships in Europe: harmony and conflict. – I.1. A curious legal status perched on limitations. – I.2. EU citizenship: two lessons. – II. EU citizenship: questioning the established narrative. – II.1. Empowering the citizen – Humiliating the State. – II.2. Promoting democracy – Undermining democratic outcomes. – II.3....

The Pernicious Influence of Citizenship Rights on Workers’ Rights in the EU: The Case of Student Finance

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The perplexing extension of “sufficient links” tests to frontier workers’ social advantages. – II.1. A questionable but minor initial development. – II.2. A problematic extension to student finance. – II.3. A clear break with established case law and secondary law. – III. A contentious “investor’s approach”...

The Right to Participate in the European Elections and the Vertical Division of Competences in the European Union

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. An enforceable right to participate in European elections. – III. The broad scope of application of the right to participate in European elections vis-à-vis Member States. – III.1. A right applicable to Member States. – III.2. A right applicable in purely internal situations. – IV. The right to...

The Pernicious Influence of Citizenship Rights on Workers’ Rights in the EU: The Case of Student Finance

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The perplexing extension of “sufficient links” tests to frontier workers’ social advantages. – II.1. A questionable but minor initial development. – II.2. A problematic extension to student finance. – II.3. A clear break with established case law and secondary law. – III. A contentious “investor’s approach”...

Extra Unionem Nulla Salus? The UK Withdrawal and the European Constitutional Moment

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It is possible that the 29th of March 2019 will be considered as the date on which the Union has ceased to be a quarrelsome community of sovereign States and has become a community of destiny.

This may well occur if, on that date, EU law will cease to apply to the UK, thus transforming the withdrawal of that State into a disorderly and...

EU Citizenship as a Means of Empowerment for Fundamental Rights During the Financial Crisis

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Setting the scene: legal characteristics of the “triangular” fundamental rights protection system. – III. The modern protection of fundamental rights. – IV. The Court’s “substance of the rights” doctrine. – V. The way forward: taking the “substance of the rights” doctrine a step further. – V.1. Delimiting...

The Sale of Conditional EU Citizenship: The Cyprus Investment Programme Under the Lens of EU Law

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The unique case of the Cyprus Investment Programme. – III. Restrictions on free movement of capital. – III.1. Capital movement, its restrictions and justifications. – III.2. Application of these principles to the Cypriot case. – IV. Citizenship of the EU. – IV.1. Investment migration schemes in the...

EU Citizenship as a Means of Empowerment for Fundamental Rights During the Financial Crisis

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Setting the scene: legal characteristics of the “triangular” fundamental rights protection system. – III. The modern protection of fundamental rights. – IV. The Court’s “substance of the rights” doctrine. – V. The way forward: taking the “substance of the rights” doctrine a step further. – V.1. Delimiting...

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