PART TWO CITIZENSHIP IN THE UNION
Article 8
1. Citizenship of the Union is hereby established.
Anyone having the nationality of a Member State is a citizen of the Union.
2. Citizens of the Union shall enjoy the rights and be subject to the duties provided for in this Treaty.
2. The Council may adopt provisions aimed at facilitating the exercise of the rights referred to in paragraph 1; Unless this Treaty provides otherwise, it shall act unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after obtaining the assent of the European Parliament.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 138 (3) and the provisions adopted for its application, any citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate. in elections to the European Parliament in the Member State in which he resides, under the same conditions as nationals of that State. This right will be exercised subject to the procedures to be adopted before 31 December 1993 by the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament; these arrangements may provide for derogating provisions where specific problems in a Member State so warrant.
Any citizen of the Union may apply to the ombudsperson set up in accordance with the provisions of Article 138 E.
On this basis, and without prejudice to the other provisions of this Treaty, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may adopt provisions aimed at supplementing the rights provided for in this part, provisions which it will recommend for adoption by the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional rules.