The End of EU Citizenship and the Means of Non-Discrimination

Abstract

This contribution discusses the limits of the use of the principle of non-discrimination as an instrument for the development of the concept of Union citizenship. It argues that, particularly in relation to social rights, which are sustained by bounded notions of diffuse solidarity and generalized reciprocity, Union citizenship cannot be understood in isolation from the national citizenships upon which it is parasitic. In developing the social rights attached to the status of Union citizenship, the Court should therefore take careful account of how migrant citizens relate to nationals of the host state.