NewsWhore
07-25-2008, 05:20 PM
The European Union Court has decided that spouses of EU citizens can travel to and live in any EU member nation without previously applying or receiving permission. Family members of a citizen of the European Union also have the right to move and reside in the member states with that citizen.
The court held that a "non-community" spouse of an EU citizen who accompanies or joins that citizen in the host country can benefit from the directive "irrespective of when and where their marriage took place and of how that spouse entered the host member state".
The ruling supersedes a ruling handed down in 2003 that stated that spouses needed permission to reside in or enter the EU. The Irish law only granted residency to spouses who have previously lived in an EU member state. The ruling came to light after an Irish court denied the right of four African men married to EU citizens resident in Ireland to reside in Ireland.
EU officials are concerned that the ruling could have grave consequences. The Court says that the European Union, however, could deny entrance to any person that may pose some sort of threat.
http://euobserver.com/9/26547
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The court held that a "non-community" spouse of an EU citizen who accompanies or joins that citizen in the host country can benefit from the directive "irrespective of when and where their marriage took place and of how that spouse entered the host member state".
The ruling supersedes a ruling handed down in 2003 that stated that spouses needed permission to reside in or enter the EU. The Irish law only granted residency to spouses who have previously lived in an EU member state. The ruling came to light after an Irish court denied the right of four African men married to EU citizens resident in Ireland to reside in Ireland.
EU officials are concerned that the ruling could have grave consequences. The Court says that the European Union, however, could deny entrance to any person that may pose some sort of threat.
http://euobserver.com/9/26547
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)