EVROPSKO GRAĐANSTVO I DRŽAVLJANSTVO DRŽAVA ČLANICA U POLITICI I PRAVU EVROPSKE UNIJE

Apstrakt

The new approach to nationality has emerged under the circumstances of the building of the European Union. European integration policy and Community law include the specific concept of EU citizenship as a right of the citizen of the citizen of the European Union. The EU citizenship is conditioned by the nationality of a European member state. The two legal institutes cannot be equalized, but both, citizenship and nationality primarily, became part of the system of human rights and freedom. In this paper, the EU citizenship is analyzed also as a corpus of rights of the European citizen, particularly, the right to freedom of movement and free choice of residence, the election rights, diplomatic protection in third countries, and the right to petition.