Third section

particular, that it is proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued, regard being 
had to the fair balance which has to be struck between the relevant 
competing interests ...” (see, among many other authorities, 
Strand Lobben 
and Others
, cited above, § 203). The conditions relating to the existence of 
procedural safeguards and the manner in which the authorities acted, as 
applied in the case law on denial or revocation of citizenship, can be part of 
the assessment of whether the interference was “necessary”. That 
assessment must in the end also include, as indicated in the quotation above, 
an assessment of whether a fair balance has been struck between the right of 
the applicant to respect for his or her private life and any competing rights 
or interests.