idea
- European citizenship
as identity-generating
idea
- belonging through
involvement in day- to-day Community affairs
valueshared goal
- further integration
towards political union
shared goalshared concerns
- democracy deficit
- transparency deficit
- legitimacy deficit
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policy objectives
- special rights
(vote, movement, work, sue)
- passport union
policy practice
- step-by-step
stage-by-stage area-oriented
Council decision
- uniform passport
- residence for workers
citizenship practice
- participation in day-to
day Community matters (elections,
work, economy)
- group-by-group
integration (workers, students, adacemics, young
people)
new approach |
institutional framework
- in-loco right to vote
in EP elections
- Article 8 EC-Treaty
(citizenship of the Union)
- vote in municipal
elections
- vote in European
elections
- diplomatic protection
- directives on the right to
residence for
- insured and non-welfare
dependent persons
- employees and
self-employed persons
- employees and
self-employed persons who have ceased
their occupational activity
- Article 48 EC-Treaty
[free movment of workers]
- Article 130a EC-Treaty
(cohesion)
- Article 3(c) EC Treaty
(abolition of obstacles to the
free movement of goods, persons, services and capital)
- Article 6 EC-Treaty
[formerly: Article 7 EEC Treaty;no-discrimination on
grounds of nationality]
- Article 7a EC Treaty
(formerly: Article 8a EEC Treaty;
area wthout internal frontiers)
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