Tjebbes and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken 146 introduced in Rottmann, notably adding that it should be ensured that loss of nationality is in line with the rights of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. When taking another perspective, however, the case demonstrates that the Court was not prepared to take the concept of EU citizenship forward as a status independent from national citizenship. Viewing the case from an angle that is concerned with the issue of statelessness, the case also does not seem to bring much to the table. Thus, Tjebbes does not present an unexpected or spectacular next step in EU case law in nationality matters. Nonetheless, the case shows that the CJEU is not afraid to intervene in nationality laws and that EU law can provide an additional safeguard with regard to loss of nationality in certain circumstances — something that was traditionally solely within the competences of the Member States. As such, the case could be a promise for further development of EU (case) law on nationality matters. Competing Interests The author has no competing interests to declare. How to cite this article: Caia Vlieks, ‘Tjebbes and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken: A Next Step in European Union Case Law on Nationality Matters?’ (2019) 24(2) Tilburg Law Review pp. 142–146. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ tilr.149 Published: 02 July 2019 Copyright: © 2019 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/. Tilburg Law Review is a peer-reviewed open access journal published by Ubiquity Press. OPEN ACCESS