Premium
Remedying the Inequalities of Economic Citizenship in Europe: Cohesion Policy and the Negative Right to Move
Author(s) -
Strumia Francesca
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1468-0386
pISSN - 1351-5993
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0386.2011.00577.x
Subject(s) - citizenship , inequality , european union , cohesion (chemistry) , political science , nationality , political economy , residence , free movement , face (sociological concept) , economic system , sociology , immigration , economics , economic policy , law , international trade , politics , social science , mathematical analysis , chemistry , mathematics , organic chemistry , demography
European supranational citizenship draws the boundaries of a community of citizens, sharing the status of economic actors in the single market. The specter of inequality threatens however the resulting promise of shared membership: economic citizens face profoundly different opportunities for economic involvement, depending on their nationality and residence within the Union. Free movement rights open up a narrow way out of inequality by enabling European citizens to relocate; however, they cannot alone solve the inequality problem that economic citizenship poses. In the quest for alternative remedies to this problem, this article explores the potential of European cohesion policy. It argues that cohesion policy, by addressing gaps in wealth throughout the Community, draws the traits of a negative right to move, which adds to the protection of European economic citizenship. Through the cohesion lens, the premises are laid for a renewed assessment of the project of shared economic citizenship.