The referendum of the UK’s EU membership: No legal salve for its disenfranchised non-resident citizens
<p>On Thursday 23rd June 2016, pursuant to the European Union Referendum Act 2015, a UK-wide referendum will be held on the question: ‘should the UK remain a member of the EU or leave the EU’. Hitherto, much of the referendum debate has concerned immigration (to the UK) by EU citizens, exercis...
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description | <p>On Thursday 23rd June 2016, pursuant to the European Union Referendum Act 2015, a UK-wide referendum will be held on the question: ‘should the UK remain a member of the EU or leave the EU’. Hitherto, much of the referendum debate has concerned immigration (to the UK) by EU citizens, exercising their mobility rights, with rather unsavoury rhetoric concerning deportation of criminals and ‘warnings’ about future arrivals from candidate accession states. Alongside immigration, leading campaigners have argued that the referendum is, at heart, a about questions of sovereignty and democracy.</p>
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spelling | doaj.art-021218117a9547f5b510b6cd790c6ccf2022-12-22T01:28:53ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044The referendum of the UK’s EU membership: No legal salve for its disenfranchised non-resident citizensRuvi Ziegler<p>On Thursday 23rd June 2016, pursuant to the European Union Referendum Act 2015, a UK-wide referendum will be held on the question: ‘should the UK remain a member of the EU or leave the EU’. Hitherto, much of the referendum debate has concerned immigration (to the UK) by EU citizens, exercising their mobility rights, with rather unsavoury rhetoric concerning deportation of criminals and ‘warnings’ about future arrivals from candidate accession states. Alongside immigration, leading campaigners have argued that the referendum is, at heart, a about questions of sovereignty and democracy.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/the-referendum-of-the-uks-eu-membership-no-legal-salve-for-its-disenfranchised-non-resident-citizens/brexit, EU citizen rights, union citizenship |
spellingShingle | Ruvi Ziegler The referendum of the UK’s EU membership: No legal salve for its disenfranchised non-resident citizens Verfassungsblog brexit, EU citizen rights, union citizenship |
title | The referendum of the UK’s EU membership: No legal salve for its disenfranchised non-resident citizens |
title_full | The referendum of the UK’s EU membership: No legal salve for its disenfranchised non-resident citizens |
title_fullStr | The referendum of the UK’s EU membership: No legal salve for its disenfranchised non-resident citizens |
title_full_unstemmed | The referendum of the UK’s EU membership: No legal salve for its disenfranchised non-resident citizens |
title_short | The referendum of the UK’s EU membership: No legal salve for its disenfranchised non-resident citizens |
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topic | brexit, EU citizen rights, union citizenship |
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