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Commonpur,: /mhat Are The Benefits of Being A European Citrzen?
Commonpur,: /mhat Are The Benefits of Being A European Citrzen?
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commonPur,
of beinga European \Mhat arethe benefits citrzen?
without askinganyone's U- rt to work in Paris,travel to Portugalor go and live in Greece peimission? You can do all this and more
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Treatywassignedit was About 370million peoplelive in the European Union. Whenthe Maastricht ap-'ed that anyone who is a nationalcitizenof an EU member stateis alsoa European citizen.It is up tovach member stateto decidewho is or is not a citizenof that country.
Doesbeinga Europeancitizenmeananything?
givesfour clearrights: European citizenship 1. freedom to moveandlive throughout the European Union wherever 2. the right to vote andbe a candidate in elections to local authorities the European Parliament citizenlives,andthe samefor the European 3. certainrightsof protection by the embassies of any EU countryif a personis in a non-EU countrywheretheir own countryhasno diplomaticrepresentation. 4. the right to petitionthe European Parliament andto complainto the European Ombudsman. Many general rightsalsoexistbecause of the *im on thingslike freedomof trade,consumer protection, andhealthandsafety. employment,