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Päivi Johanna Neuvonen
In this article, a critical reinterpretation of citizens as subjects of European integration moves thefocus of EU law from EU citizens' subjection to their subjectification. This analysis draws on post‐structural social theory in arguing that the law is instrumental to securing the material conditionsfor transnational political subjectification because it regulates both EU citizens' access to transna-tional social relations and the perception of difference between them. However, the law also rein-forces constraints on the process of transnational subjectification. Systematic obstacles, whichmust be taken into account, are not limited to economic status, but include other variables like gen-der or age. It will be argued on this basis that EU law needs to develop a more coherent politics ofsubjectivity. Towards this goal, the law must carefully attend to what is (and is not) depoliticising inEU citizenship rights
