Good. If member states would be 100% free to assign citizenship, you can get some terrible ideas. For example: give all unwanted migrants citizenship, under the condition that they do not stay in your country.
A lot of treaties only work under the assumption that the definition of citizenship stays what we know it as right now. Protecting that definition means protecting the EU treaties.
Good. If member states would be 100% free to assign citizenship, you can get some terrible ideas. For example: give all unwanted migrants citizenship, under the condition that they do not stay in your country.
A lot of treaties only work under the assumption that the definition of citizenship stays what we know it as right now. Protecting that definition means protecting the EU treaties.