A citizen-subject ideal underlies repressive assimilation measures across Europe.

Evidence

As Liz Fekete documents, the citizen subject without ties to community is the conceptual underpinning for a number of repressive measures across Europe: Assimilation is being forced through by the adoption of a number of measures, which include the recasting of citizenship laws according to security considerations; the introduction of compulsory language and civics tests for citizenship applicants; codes of conduct for the trustees of mosques; [and] a cultural code of conduct for Muslim girls and women who, in some areas of Europe, will be forbidden to wear the hijab in state institutions. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 383