"Citizenship of the European Union - Impact of Political Culture on Understanding of the Citizenship in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Czech Republic"

[Introduction]. Object of the paper - European citizenship is rather new phenomenon in European legal order, being introduced by the Maastricht Treaty and modified by Amsterdam Treaty. Albeit not playing extremely important role in lives of European citizens at present, in combination with direct elections to the European Parliament the citizenship of the EU could be a basis for radical shift in understanding of the EU status in the future. This paper will analyze the compatibility of the concept of European citizenship with constitutional and political traditions of the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Further, this paper will try to predict its future position in the Czech Republic and its implementation into the Czech legal and political system