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> In short, if this trial is to find that the British can all retain their EU status, regardless of whether the law is correct on doing so, it would mark the en
by beojan 9y ago
> In short, if this trial is to find that the British can all retain their EU status, regardless of whether the law is correct on doing so, it would mark the end of the European Union in very short order.
The idea is to find out if EU citizenship is independent of national citizenship.
I don't think this would lead to the end of the EU, because if all the member states decide to leave the EU, and all their citizens decide they want to keep EU citizenship anyhow, have they not just demonstrated that the EU is then the democratic state with sovereignty over that territory?
- mabbo 9y agoRight, but this is hacker news so think like a hacker. I'll have my state join, get all my citizen EU citizenship, then leave the EU. Now I don't have to allow free movement of EU citizens in my country, but so my people can have free movement in EU member states.
- beojan 9y agoMy point was that, if, after your country leaves the EU, all your citizens opt to keep EU citizenship, then (through self-determination) they have given the EU a claim to continued sovereignty over your territory.