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4. European Citizenship
The Maastricht Agreement of 1992 created the basis for a European Citizenship, in addition to national ones. The content of this European Citizenship has not been developed much so far, but we have the following points to start with:
- a resident in any of the EU countries has the right to work or set up business in another EU country on the same conditions as the nationals,
- an EU citizen has the right to set up residency in another EU country, and cannot be refused, unless for particular reasons,
- an EU citizen resident in another EU-country has the right to vote in local and European elections in the country where he resides.
The association Ciudadanos Europeos have been proposing to continue building European Citizenship in Spain, also in practice, by recognizing that EU residents are not foreigners, and should not have to apply for a residence permit, only register themselves on the 'padron municipal'.
It has been proposed to make the EU into a complete political union. We are on the way, but it will probably still take some time before we arrive there.
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