Union Citizenship as a Status of Political Integration

After the more recent Commission v Malta, 1 one might be forgiven for overlooking the decisions in Commission v Czech Republic 2 and Commission v Poland. 3Commission v Malta, an infringement action taken against Malta by the Commission in light of the former's 'golden passports' scheme, certainly garnered more attention, marks a decisive shift in the balance between Union law and member state competence in the area of nationality law and raises wider questions about the nature of the Union polity and the legitimacy of the Court of Justice's reasoning. 4 It already has the makings of a classic.Nonetheless, to overlook