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What is Union Citizenship For?

With its judgment in Case C-181/23, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has put an end to a long-standing debate: Malta’s citizenship-by-investment scheme is incompatible with EU law because it violates the “bond of solidarity and good faith” between the individual and the member state that Union citizenship requires. In her op-ed, Anja Bossow examines the potential implications of this new criterion—both its perils and its potential promise.

21.05.2025

Maarten Prak: Democracy in medieval and early-modern towns was stronger than democracy post 1789

In this interview with Maarten Prak, hosted by Karen Culver, they discuss Maarten’s book Citizens without Nations: Urban Citizenship in Europe and the World c. 1000-1789. Maarten comments on how citizenship functioned in medieval and early modern Europe; why the term “urban governance” is preferable to “urban democracy”; how accessible guilds were at this time, and more.

11.03.2022

Dimitry Kochenov: Why we shall abolish citizenship

Professor Dimitry Kochenov in conversation with Michał Matlak explains why he believes citizenship is a “perpetuation of the ideas of aristocracy,” sexism, and racism; what can be done to fix this issue; and what motivated him to write “Citizenship” (MIT Press, 2019).

4.12.2021