[feature20260213]

You may have mobility but you are not a citizen of the host country, so therefore you should not have the right to dictate their laws. You are a welcome guest until you actually become a citizen (through whatever process they define).

[echelon_musk]

How this is not obvious common sense surprises me. Otherwise significant portions of the population of any EU country could get jobs in another one and then start influencing its politics just because they "pay tax". Essentially colonising the country.

[the_mitsuhiko]

Europeans are increasingly associating with Europe over an individual country. US citizens have been doing this for a long time. They are citizens of the US before the state they reside in.

[senko]

The article is about EU. We had a few revolutions over here, but that wasn't one of them.

[outside1234]

For Austria and Spain this would mean 10 years (at least) of not being able to vote and THEN renouncing your birth citizenship. Not sure this is a very pragmatic solution, unless the goal is to keep immigrants from voting.

[feature20260213]

The goal is to have a country not just a piece of land.

[senko]

Exactly. The article conflates free movement of people with federalism.