Občanství EU z pohledu mezinárodního práva
Citizenship of the EU from the Perspective of International Law

Summary/Abstract: The citizenship of the EU has been introduced more than 20 years ago. However it created greater expectations than it is still able to fulfill. It differs from the nationality of Member States in several important elements. First, the EU not being a state or super-state, its citizenship cannot replace the citizenship of Member States. Second, the EU citizenship is not a primary and concurrent but a derivative and supplementary status in relation to the citizenship of Member States. Third, the EU citizenship still has predominantly transnational nature, in particular a freedom of movement and a non-discriminatory treatment of citizens in the entire EU. Fourth, other rights of EU citizens are not absolute but rather contingent on special situations and conditions provided for in legal acts of the EU. The issue of the EU citizenship as an autonomous legal concept thus remains open to some questions.

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