PART I
TITLE II - FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNION
ARTICLE I-9
Fundamental rights
1. The Union shall recognise the rights, freedoms and principles set out in
the Charter of Fundamental Rights which constitutes Part II.
2. The Union shall accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Such accession shall not affect the Union's competences as defined in the Constitution.
3. Fundamental rights, as guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection
of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and as they result from the constitutional
traditions common to the Member States, shall constitute general principles
of the Union's law.
ARTICLE I-10
Citizenship of the Union
1. Every national of a Member State shall be a citizen of the Union. Citizenship
of the Union shall be additional to national citizenship and shall not replace
it.
2. Citizens of the Union shall enjoy the rights and be subject to the duties provided for in the Constitution. They shall have:
(a) the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States;
(b) the right to vote and to stand as candidates in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections in their Member State of residence, under the same conditions as nationals of that State;
(c) the right to enjoy, in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which they are nationals is not represented, the protection of the diplomatic and consular authorities of any Member State on the same conditions as the nationals of that State;
(d) the right to petition the European Parliament, to apply to the European Ombudsman, and to address the institutions and advisory bodies of the Union in any of the Constitution's languages and to obtain a reply in the same language.
These rights shall be exercised in accordance with the conditions and limits defined by the Constitution and by the measures adopted thereunder.