Debating European Citizenship [Hardcover]

This open access book raises crucial questions about the citizenship of the European Union. Is it a new citizenship beyond the nation-state although it is derived from Member State nationality? Who should get it? What rights and duties does it entail? Should EU citizens living in other Member States be able to vote there in national elections? If there are tensions between free movement and social rights, which should take priority? And should the European Court of Justice determine what European citizenship is about or the legislative institutions of the EU or national parliaments? This book collects a wide range of answers to these questions from legal scholars, political scientists, and political practitioners. It is structured as a series of three conversations in which authors respond to each other. This exchange of arguments provides unique depth to the debate.

European Citizenship: Still a Fundamental Status?: Jo Shaw.- Part I:  Should EU Citizens Living in Other Member States Vote There in National Elections?: EU-Citizens Should Have the Right to Vote in National Elections: Philippe Cayla and Catriona Seth.- EU Citizens Should Have Voting Rights in National Elections, but in Which Country?: Rainer Baub?ck.- A European or a National Solution to the Democratic Deficit?: Alain Brun.- EU Accession to the ECHR Requires Ensuring the Franchise for EU Citizens in National Elections: Andrew Duff.- How to Enfranchise Second Country Nationals? Test the Options for Best Fit, Easiest Adoption and Lowest Costs: David Owen.- Whats in a People? Social Facts, Individual Choice, and the European Union: Dimitry Kochenov.- Testing the Bonds of Solidarity in Europes Common Citizenship Area: Jo Shaw.- An Ever Closer Union Among the Peoples of Europe: Union Citizenship, Democracy, Rights and the El�