Abstract
This chapter shows that the relevance of citizenship becomes fully intelligible, where competence interpretation is juxtaposed with the Court's most recent — and most inventive — interpretation of European citizenship. The ECJ has stretched the scope of the ratio materiae of Union law to a point where it appears that European citizens, ratione personae, are to be given access to all social benefits of the other Member States so long as they lawfully reside therein. The Court's new interpretation of citizenship provides a rights-based perspective of the very authority articulated in market holism. European citizenship can indeed be understood as a ‘de-politicised’ type of political right.
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