ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the controversial connection of dual citizenship and voting rights with power politics. It addresses the contested character of citizenship, not only between states, but also within states. Although the Hungarian diaspora has existed at least since the First World War, the chapter focuses on the period following the enlargement of the European Union because it appears that the entrance to the Union has not removed the question from the agenda but led to dual citizenship being a potential problem even inside the EU. It explores dual citizenship on three levels. First, the chapter explicates the conceptual background of the concept from the point of conceptual history. Second, it demonstrates that establishing dual citizenship and voting rights are related and serve power political interests. And third, the chapter focuses on the practicalities of establishing voting rights and representation and in the kin state parliament.
