A new contribution of the Court of Luxembourg on the acquisition and loss of nationality in the light of European Union law:

Case C-689/21, Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet

Authors

  • Beatriz Vázquez Rodríguez Universidad de Oviedo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rdce.77.06

Abstract

In case C-689/21 Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet, the referring court has asked the CJ to rule on whether Article 20 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State which provides for automatic loss of nationality on reaching the age of twenty—two if no application for its retention has been made before that age. That may mean that the persons concerned, who are not, moreover, nationals of another Member State, lose Union citizenship without the national authorities having carried out, in the light of European Union law, an examination of the proportionality of the consequences of such a loss for that person. Thus, this case constitutes a new chapter in a saga of case law in which the CJ has been clarifying the obligations of the Member States about the acquisition and loss of nationality in the light of European Union law. Moreover, in this judgment, the Luxembourg Court has not only had the opportunity to recall previously consolidated case—law principles but has also qualified them and included some novel elements that may represent an evolution of its own case-law in this material area.

Published

2024-04-19

Issue

Section

CASE LAW COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU