Press Release: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-165/16. Toufik Lounes v Secretary of State for the Home Department

According to Advocate General Bot, a non-EU national may benefit from a right of residence in the Member State in which his EU citizen family member resided before acquiring the nationality of that Member State and developing a family life there.

In order to guarantee the effectiveness of the rights conferred by citizenship of the EU, the conditions for the grant of that derived right of residence ought not, in principle, to be stricter than those laid down by the free movement directive.

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Blog: EU Law Analysis, 15.11.17: Dual citizens and EU citizenship: clarification from the ECJ http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/dual-citizens-and-eu-citizenship.html

Blog: EU Law Analysis, 31.03.16: What’s wrong with the UK immigration rules governing the rights of dual-British and EU citizens? Comment on the Lounes reference http://www.europeansources.info/record/whats-wrong-with-the-uk-immigration-rules-governing-the-rights-of-dual-british-and-eu-citizens-comment-on-the-lounes-reference/

The Guardian, 30.05.17: UK wrong to deny residency rights in test case, EU's legal adviser says https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/30/uk-wrong-to-deny-residency-rights-in-test-case-eu-judge-says

The Guardian, 14.11.17: EU citizens who become British can bring non-EU spouses to UK, court rules https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/14/eu-citizens-become-british-non-eu-spouses-live-with-them-court

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