Citizenship of the European Union Essays

  • EU Citizenship Case Study

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    To what extent, do EU Member States preserve the competence to regulate, grant and withdraw Nationality, and consequently EU Citizenship? Subquestions 1. What is the relation between nationality and EU Citizenship? 1.1 What exactly is the competence of Member States in matters of EU Citizenship? 1.2. Where do we find the legal basis awarding this competence? 2. How has the CJEU's interpretation of this competence changed over the years? 2.1. How has it been tweaked throughout jurisprudence

  • The European Union is a Strong and Powerful Organization

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    The Europea n Union is certainly one of the most powerful and organized organisations in the world, nowadays, it regroups about 500 millions people all over 28 countries in the European continent. On the contrary a very strange structure and some political and economical arrangements were done during the past years making the EU law sometime confusing and frustrating for some other countries. During this essay we will explain how the European Union is structured, explaining the most important institutions

  • National Identity And European Identity

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    least recognized need of human soul (Weil, 1942). Discuss this statement with reference to national identity and the possibility of a post-national ‘European Identity’ The following essay aims to examine the principle of ‘National citizenship’ contrasted with the present modern European identity. The paper shall question the emergence of the European Identity with a brief history of its developent. Weil's statement (1942) 'To be rooted is perhaps the most important and the least recognized need of

  • Latvia Case Study

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    Latvia is one of fifteen former Soviet states, also known as the former Soviet Union (FSU). The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was dissolved on December 26, 1991. Latvia is also one of three Baltic States that restored their previous independence on the basis of state continuity; which defines the continuity of Baltic States as legal entities under international law. [1] “The Declaration “On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia” was adopted on May 4, 1990. This

  • Globalization and Cultural Erosion

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    domestic affairs? In some ways globalization may be useful in creating a common sense of "world citizenship", but useful to what extent? What are the possibilities, advantages and risks of such "world citizenship"? Are the United Nations and the European Union, stepping stones to globalization? Disappearing borders, in the economic meaning of the term can most clearly be seen today in Europe. The European Union restricts taxes on trade between members. Taking a step further the EU have decided on a common

  • The European Union Decision-Making Procedure

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    January 1, 2007, the European Union comprised of 29 member States (United kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Slovakia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Turkey.) Decision-making at the European Union comprises three main institutions; the European Commission (comprises all the member states), the European Parliament (its

  • Hungary Essay

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    Hungary contends to abandon its commitment to the European Union due to the Refugee crisis which endangers the security, the stability, and the success of the state. Currently, the European Union (1992-Present) is an international organization that is comprised of twenty eight European countries. It was created upon numerous treaties, the first being the Maastricht Treaty which was established on November 1, 1993. The purpose of the treaty was to strengthen political and economic integration throughout

  • Disadvantages Of Article 50 Of The Treaty On European Union

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    by-pass Parliament. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union allows a member state to notify the EU of its withdrawal and obliges the EU to try and negotiate a 'withdrawal agreement ' with that state. It involves three points; 1) Any member state may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements. 2) A member state which decides to withdraw shall notify the European Council of its intention. The Union shall negotiate and come to an agreement with that

  • Bounded and global citizenship.

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    concept of citizenship and its boundaries are contested, yet its plainest definition is to be a member of a political community, and possess legal rights and duties. Citizenship has many ideals – namely bounded and cosmopolitan –and their merits and downfalls in this essay shall be measured by the extent to which they permit the best use and protection of citizen’s rights. The normative arguments of Miller (2000:81-95) and Linklater (1998:23-36) shall form either side of the bounded citizenship and cosmopolitan

  • The European Union's achievements

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    The European Union, which was established in 1993, is currently consisting of 28 states. Its origin was taken back after the World War II when the six founder including Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands aim to end the wars between neighbors. The six countries agrees to merge the Organization European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and Euratom into a European community (EC), which then fully transformed into the European Community

  • National Identity and Citizenship: A Sociological Perspective

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    focuses in two main topics - National Identity and Rethinking Citizenship .His main ways of addressing the topics are by questioning the issues of identity, religion, secularism and nationality. Some of his selected publications include “The Crisis and Governance of Religious Pluralism in the European Union” (2014), “Rancière, Religion and the Political” (2013), “Rethinking the ‘Problem’ of Religious Pluralism in Canada and the European Union.” (2008) The main argument: The Main argument of Ian Morison

  • Euroscepticism

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    Introduction: The Europeans Union (EU) has been as divisive as much as it has brought Europe together. Opinion polls within counties such as the UK have shown that the EU is unpopular (YouGov 2011). Yet, the EU has opened up territorial borders, and united Europe within one monetary bloc. Euroscepticism is a wide-ranging belief encompassing any criticism of the EU (McCormick 2011). It criticises both the structure and the policies of the EU. Solidarity is the concept that there is a cultural homogeneity

  • Twentieth Century America Changes

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    The 14th Amendment was purposed to grant citizenship to freed slaves to protect their civil liberties. During Reconstruction era, blacks were also able to vote and participate in political matters, helped to write new laws, and some got involved in politics and ran for political offices and got elected

  • The Concept of Citizenship

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    The Concept of Citizenship Citizens are members of a certain state and are formally recognised by that state. The concept of citizenship is therefore legalistic. Citizens are individuals who have a legal status within the state. They are granted certain rights and in return must perform certain duties. The range and balance between the rights granted and duties they are supposed to perform, vary from state to state and time to time. For example, in war time the rights and obligations of

  • Media Literacy in the Information Society

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    most notably by Aufderheide in 1992, who defined it as “the ability of a citizen to access, analyze, and produce information for specific outcomes” - a universally accepted definition has yet to be formed. Even a definition used in regulation on a European level may not encompass all that some scholars wish to include. This is in part, because a variety of related concepts such as information literacy, digital literacy, library literacy, network literacy and computer literacy, are often used in the

  • Exploring the Political, Social, and Economic Factors that Helped Communists to Rule in East-Central Europe After 1944

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    facto leader of the Soviet Union, was consumed about reforming his army after losing most of his senior officers, who were either detained or executed. Germany initiated the war against Russia in 1941 through Operation Barbarossa, the largest land strike in history. The Germans slaughtered twenty million Russians, including civilians, in an attempt to annihilate what Adolf Hitler referred to as sub-humans. In 1945, the Germans surrendered, and this put the Soviet Union in a strong position in the

  • EU Migration Policy

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    borders are thousands of millions. Apparently, they are terrorist and people who seek to destroy the fairy-tale EU socio/economic life. Apparently, The situation is overwhelming, and all those undocumented migrants threaten the well-being of the EU citizenship. Member states are technically committed under the Lisbon Treaty to develop ‘common’ migration and asylum policies. However, in practice, it seems to be ruled by an “Everyman for himself” principle: Southern governments claim for a common EU approach

  • The American Dream And The Concept Of Equality In The American Dream?

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    Consequently, seven southern states seceded the Union, in order to become the Confederate States together with four more states. This “War Between the States” ceased 1865, with the Confederates´ surrender. During the Civil War, President Lincoln published the Emancipation Proclamation, sure that freeing slaves would insure the Union overpowering confederates. Despite this, the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the U.S., a constitutional

  • The Title of Nobility Amendment

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    and the still unresolved child labor amendment of 1924 has a definite time limit for ratification. There lies a mystery in the very first Thirteenth Amendment, the Titles of Nobility Amendment presented in 1810, which would have eliminated the citizenship of any American acquiring a title of nobility or honor from any foreign power or otherwise, the mystery is whether this amendment was ratified and has been illegally removed from the Constitution (Mount, 2010). The questions are what happened to

  • Human Rights: Civil Rights vs Welfare Rights

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    Civil rights can be defined as the set of rights held by an individual by virtue of his citizenship of the state including the rights to legal and social and economic equality. These rights cannot be denied to any person on the basis of race, gender, disability or color. The covenant on civil and political rights echoed exactly what is mentioned above. These rights guarantee the citizen political and social freedom and equality. The covenant included the right to freedom of thought and expression