Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“
Siniša Rodin
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APA 6th Edition
Rodin, S. (2026). Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“. Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, 2. (1.), 59-74. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
MLA 8th Edition
Rodin, Siniša. "Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“." Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, vol. 2., no. 1., 2026, pp. 59-74. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.
Chicago 17th Edition
Rodin, Siniša. "Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“." Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor 2., no. 1. (2026): 59-74. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
Harvard
Rodin, S. (2026). 'Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“', Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, 2.(1.), pp. 59-74. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
Vancouver
Rodin S. Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“. Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor [Internet]. 2026 [cited 2026 July 27];2.(1.):59-74. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
IEEE
S. Rodin, "Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“", Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, vol.2., no. 1., pp. 59-74, 2026. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
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APA 6th Edition
Rodin, S. (2026). Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“. Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, 2. (1.), 59-74. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
MLA 8th Edition
Rodin, Siniša. "Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“." Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, vol. 2., no. 1., 2026, pp. 59-74. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.
Chicago 17th Edition
Rodin, Siniša. "Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“." Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor 2., no. 1. (2026): 59-74. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
Harvard
Rodin, S. (2026). 'Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“', Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, 2.(1.), pp. 59-74. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
Vancouver
Rodin S. Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“. Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor [Internet]. 2026 [cited 2026 July 27];2.(1.):59-74. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
IEEE
S. Rodin, "Citizenship, Identity and Values – Reflections on Commission v Malta; A presentation given at University of Bologna, Faculty of Law on February 27, 2026, at the conference “The EU Citizenship as an element of European Identity“", Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, vol.2., no. 1., pp. 59-74, 2026. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.2.1.3
Abstract
On its face, Case C-181/23, European Commission v Republic of Malta, looks like a case about EU citizenship, as indeed it is. The single plea raised by the European Commission concerned the infringement of EU Citizenship provisions. The Commission argued that, by introducing an ‘investment citizenship scheme’ under which Maltese citizenship and, automatically and as advertised, EU citizenship could be acquired for significant financial remuneration, the Republic of Malta had failed to fulfil its obligations under European Union law. The article proposes a reading of Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) that goes beyond the question of its justiciability and suggests that the judgment in the case C-181/23, European Commission v Republic of Malta, was, at least implicitly, informed by EU values, notably but not exclusively, solidarity. It argues that, whilst valuable accidents of concepts mentioned in the first sentence of Article 2 TEU have normative force within the legal order of EU law, their value, or absence thereof, is determined by the substance of the concepts mentioned in the second sentence of Article 2 TEU. This requires some basic consensus about the substance of Article 2 TEU, which is, at minimum, possible to define in negative terms, namely as the absence of authoritarianism, intolerance, injustice, selfishness, and discrimination.
Keywords
EU citizenship, solidarity, national constitutional identity, Aristotle’s substance and accident
Hrčak ID:
347824
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/347824
Publication date:
15.6.2026.
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