European Citizenship

European citizenship does not replace national. As highlighted in the text of the TEU (1992), it complements it. Moreover, as already mentioned - can not be acquired separately from the national citizenship - therefore every EU citizen is first and foremost a citizen of their country and must comply with the statutory rules in it of their national citizenship. However, it should be stressed that EU citizenship can not be used to acquire the nationality of a Member State other than their country of origin of the individual European citizen. Only within the competence of Member States to lay down the rules for acquisition and loss of national citizenship.