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Geoffrey Collier · 13-05-2008, 11:30 AM

I was told by a well known barrister, that national citizenship is a legal concept, whereas E.U. citizenship is merely a political one. Should that be the case, how can one indicate disapproval of being forced to advertise this 'political concept' on a personal passport?

I know someone who argues that the EU ring of gold stars, adopted from the Council of Europe, is a specifically religious symbol. The last I heard of him, he was engaged in torrents of correspondence, claiming that he should be excused from displaying any
document, showing those 'rings', on grounds of conscience. I could only live in a country like this!

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Geoffrey Collier Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,002	I was told by a well known barrister, that national citizenship is a legal concept, whereas E.U. citizenship is merely a political one. Should that be the case, how can one indicate disapproval of being forced to advertise this 'political concept' on a personal passport? I know someone who argues that the EU ring of gold stars, adopted from the Council of Europe, is a specifically religious symbol. The last I heard of him, he was engaged in torrents of correspondence, claiming that he should be excused from displaying any document, showing those 'rings', on grounds of conscience. I could only live in a country like this!