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"The Treaty of Maastricht established Union citizenship in 1993 in order to strengthen the European identity and enable European citizens to participate actively in the European integration process. Union citizenship, conferred automatically on all nationals of the respective Member States, is additional to national citizenship. At the present time, we are targeting the lack of visibility of Union citizenship and lack of awareness of the concrete benefits it provides to citizens, students, consumers, and business people as well as to providers of goods and services in the European Union. The most common problems that EU citizens face when they reside, study or work in another EU country are the lack of information and awareness of their rights as well as the language barriers and the non-recognition of diplomas and qualifications. Citizens want concrete solutions to their daily problems, equal opportunities for all, without discrimination on the grounds of nationality, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, belief or religion. I am convinced that the European Year of Citizens is an opportunity to exert a strong impetus for an improvement in citizens’ awareness of Union citizenship and has the potential to"@en1
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