EU citizenship was the first juridical attempt at citizenship beyond the nation-state

Evidence

As a matter of fact, the Maastricht Treaty sets out citizenship of the Union. It concerns exclusively the nationals of one of the member states of the European Union. It consists of the following set of rights: the rights of freedom of movement and residence on the territory of the member states, the right to vote and to be elected in the local elections and in the elections of the European Parliament in the member state of residence, the right to diplomatic protection in a third country, the right to petition the European Parliament as well as the possibility to appeal to a European ombudsman. In legal terms, EU citizenship is undoubtedly only a minimal novelty in the sense that most of the rights it encompasses existed before either in some or in all the member states. But still it is clearly an attempt to conceive of citizenship beyond the nation-state. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 837

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines what EU citizenship actually consists of juridically — a useful reference anchor distinguishing it from national citizenship.
• XREF: Connects to the vault’s treatment of citizenship, belonging, and exclusion as racialized/ethnicized categories in EU member states. — connects to: The Maastricht Treaty first gave EU citizenship a juridical basis; EU citizenship legally extends rights beyond the nation-state; Citizenship is evolving toward multiple simultaneous levels beyond the nation-state — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 845 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The Maastricht Treaty first gave EU citizenship a juridical basis #corroborates (0.90)
• EU citizenship legally extends rights beyond the nation-state #expands (0.85)
• Citizenship is evolving toward multiple simultaneous levels beyond the nation-state #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 845
• Multicultural citizenship requires moving beyond nation-state boundaries #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 645
• Political and cultural boundaries rarely coincide, forcing citizenship beyond the nation-state #expands (0.70)