While nationals of Member States are citizens of the union, " It is for each Member State, having due regard to Union law, to lay down the conditions for the acquisition and loss of nationality . " As a result, there is a great variety in rules and practices with regard to the acquisition and loss of citizenship in EU member states.
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Rufus C . Holman ( R-OR ) initially objected, suggesting that the bill should be amended to insert the word " voluntarily ", but Wallace H . White, Jr . ( R-ME ) pointed out to him that the Nationality Act of 1940 already required that any action specified as causing loss of nationality would only have that effect if it were undertaken voluntarily, and Holman withdrew his objection.
