Citizenship at Europe's Borders: Some Reflections on the Post-colonial Condition of Europe in the Context of EU Enlargement

This article proposes a critical approach to European citizenship through the analysis
\nof the legal dispositives which define the external borders of Europe in the context of EU
\nenlargement. It examines the deterritorialization of the EU’s external and internal borders through
\nan analysis of the immigration laws of Poland, Romania and Bulgaria which have all been recently
\nmodified in order to meet the requirements of the Schengen aquis. By comparing these legislative
\nchanges with the legal mechanisms of colonial systems, the article suggests that the material process
\nof the constitutionalization of EU citizenship highlights a post-colonial condition of the European
\npolity.