THE EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE EUROPEAN IDENTITY
Date Issued
2018-10-23
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Apostolovska stepanoska, Milena
Abstract
The authors of the article claim that the European identity can be build and that the European
institutions have very important role in this process. Namely, the European institutions affect the
European identity when they are developing politics working regarding their competencies. The
theoretical frame and the main hypothesis of this article is given by the theory of social constructivism
whose developer Thomas Risse says that the European political identity can be create and changed and
that the politics brought by the institutions are one of the mechanisms for that purpose. In that direction
the authors of this article say that the European citizenship that was introduced with the Treaty of
Maastricht is one of the attempts of the institutions of the European Union to crate feeling of belonging
to the supranational organization to the citizens of the member states. In order to proof its claim the
authors of the article make short analyze of the development of the rights that were introduced with the
Treaty of Maastricht and compare how they evolve in every other next Treaty. Furthermore the authors
make preview of the most important decisions, regulations, directives, reports, declarations and
proposals that were brought by the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council and
the European Council regarding the rights and obligations that the European citizens obtain with the
European citizenship and in that manner influence on the creating the European identity.
institutions have very important role in this process. Namely, the European institutions affect the
European identity when they are developing politics working regarding their competencies. The
theoretical frame and the main hypothesis of this article is given by the theory of social constructivism
whose developer Thomas Risse says that the European political identity can be create and changed and
that the politics brought by the institutions are one of the mechanisms for that purpose. In that direction
the authors of this article say that the European citizenship that was introduced with the Treaty of
Maastricht is one of the attempts of the institutions of the European Union to crate feeling of belonging
to the supranational organization to the citizens of the member states. In order to proof its claim the
authors of the article make short analyze of the development of the rights that were introduced with the
Treaty of Maastricht and compare how they evolve in every other next Treaty. Furthermore the authors
make preview of the most important decisions, regulations, directives, reports, declarations and
proposals that were brought by the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council and
the European Council regarding the rights and obligations that the European citizens obtain with the
European citizenship and in that manner influence on the creating the European identity.
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