CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Vincze, Eszter Agnes |
|---|---|
| Title | The United Kingdom and European Citizenship: A Reluctant Contributor |
| Summary | By the end of the twentieth century, the United Kingdom constituted an anomaly both in its consistent pursuit of restricting immigration and in its hostility towards deepening European integration. While other West European countries experiencing large migration flows began enacting restrict policies late in the twentieth century, the United Kingdom (UK) began introducing migration controls in the early 1970s. When the European Union extended its competences to include asylum and immigration policy, the UK exercised its opt-out to avoid legislation conferring significant rights upon Third Country Nationals (TCNs).1 Yet a survey of the requests for a preliminary reference2 presented to the European Court of Justice indicates that the UK not only contributed a very large proportion of cases concerning European citizenship but, within these cases, there emerged a clear trend of reliance upon European Union (EU) citizenship rights to confer residency upon TCN family members. This study seeks to explore this paradox to explain how the dynamics of European legal integration help those excluded from the policy-making process counteract restrictive Member State policies and consequently expand the protection offered through EU rights. |
| Supervisor | Granger, Marie-Pierre |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/vincze_eszter.pdf |
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