Judgment_paragraph 89 · European Commission v Republic of Malta (C-181/23)

89In that regard, in exercising the political rights conferred on them by Articles 10 and 11 TEU, Union citizens participate directly in the democratic life of the European Union. Its functioning is founded on representative democracy, which gives concrete expression to democracy as a value, which is, under Article 2 TEU, one of the values on which the European Union is founded (see, to that effect, judgments of 19 December 2019, Puppinck and Others v Commission, C‑418/18 P, EU:C:2019:1113, paragraph 65; of 19 November 2024, Commission v Czech Republic (Ability to stand for election and membership of a political party), C‑808/21, EU:C:2024:962, paragraphs 114 and 115; and of 19 November 2024, Commission v Poland (Ability to stand for election and membership of a political party), C‑814/21, EU:C:2024:963, paragraphs 112 and 113). It follows that the exercise by the Member States of their power to lay down the conditions for granting their nationality has consequences for the functioning of the European Union as a common legal order.

European Commission v Republic of Malta (C-181/23)

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