Understanding EU Citizenship: Rights, Duties, and Symbols, Slide di Diritto

Scarica Understanding EU Citizenship: Rights, Duties, and Symbols e più Slide in PDF di Diritto solo su Docsity! BY ANGELA BERTOLO, SILVIA GASPARINI & SARA SCANFERLA CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LERNING PROJECT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A EU CITIZEN? EUROPEAN CITIZENS1 RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS 2 EUROPEAN CITIZENS IN THE SOCIETY 3 RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS EU citizens have the right to free movement, settlement and employment across the EU. They are free to trade and transport goods, services and capital through EU borders, with no restrictions or duty-fees. RIGHTS OF FREE MOVEMENT RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS Citizenship of the EU also confers the right to consular protection by embassies of other EU member states. EU citizens have the right to address the European Parliament and EU agencies directly in their own language. POLITICAL RIGHTS They also have the right to vote and run as a candidate for the elections of the country they live in, for European elections and European Citizens' Initiative. EXERCISING OUR RIGHTS One of the biggest EU problem is that, with its difficult legislation, citizens are often left in the dark. They rarely are completely aware of the ongoing matters and nor they know their full rights. The mission of the EU Rights Clinic is to help EU citizens and their family members to enforce their European rights. A team of students and lawyers cooperate in order to inform and properly spread all the knowledge citizens need. EU citizens can also call upon the EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN to investigate a European institution whenever he suspects maladministration such as unfairness, discrimination, abuse of power and so on. People may feel different degrees of attachment to their town or village, to their region, to their country or to Europe. Please tell me how attached you feel to... 10 DA European Union 0% Lal. tttcta Vita. Î Lu (11/2017) DK - Don't know O Not at all attached Very altached Fairly attached Mot ve 5 attached 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% Bi Albania BD Austria ® Belgium M Sulgaris i Cyprus n Czech Republic Rm Germany n Denmark M Estonia BM Spain w European Union BR Finland B France B Greece M Croatia MI Hungary ireland n italy m Lithuania BB Luxembourg ® Latvia ® Montenegro Bi Former Yugoslay Republic of Macedonia B Malta MB Netherlands BB Poland © Portugal Mi Romania B Serbia B Sweden BL Slovenia B Slovakia M Turkey MB United Kingdom SUBMITT YOUR ANSWER ... and let us know ... AND YOU? ARE YOU PROUD TO BE EUROPEAN?