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to all the rights stemming from EU citizenship, including free movement
and residence within the EU, the right to vote for and stand as a candidate in
European Parliament and municipal elections, diplomatic protection, etc.
This raises the question of whether it is proportionate and just that access to
this array of rights is exchanged for the price of a sports car. Doesn’t this
dilute the value of citizenship to a tradable commodity, voiding it of the
sense of rights and duties and undermining citizens’ solidarity? If states sell
citizenship, what the buyer gets will no longer look like citizenship at all.
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