@article{2026:meeusen:nothing_mo,
title = {Nothing More Than a Rights Catalogue Serving EU Citizens’ Private Interests? Three Insights for an Alternative Assessment of EU Citizenship},
year = {2026},
note = {In its book on 70 Years of European Union (EU) Law, the Commission’s
Legal Service characterises EU citizenship as a status ‘in the
service of EU citizens’ which, to a large extent, has been developed
through European Court of Justice (ECJ) preliminary rulings. Such a
narrow approach is unconvincing in several respects. This contribution
therefore proposes three insights for an alternative assessment of EU
citizenship which essentially rests on the idea that reducing EU
citizenship to a catalogue of (free movement) rights, which
individuals can invoke against the Member States, underestimates this
status’ true significance for the European Union’s legal order.},
journal = {Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law},
pages = {261--298},
author = {Meeusen, Johan},
volume = {86},
number = {1}
}