CITIZEN PARTNERSHIP

The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union regulates EU citizenship from its article 18 to 25 and lists the set of rights it grants:

• the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States
• the right to vote and to stand as candidates in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections in their Member State of residence, under the same conditions as nationals of that State
• the right to enjoy, in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which they are nationals is not represented, the protection of the diplomatic and consular authorities of any Member State on the same conditions as the nationals of that State
• the right to petition the European Parliament, to apply to the European Ombudsman, and to address the institutions and advisory bodies of the Union in any of the Treaty languages and to obtain a reply in the same language