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Uecker and Jacquet [1997]
June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In the Uecker and Jacquet cases, some of the oldest cases where the EU citizenship has been mentioned, two third-country national spouses of German nationals, who had resided and worked in Germany all their lives, attempted to rely on the same rights under EC free movement provisions as third-country nationals married to EU citizens who […]
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Skanavi v Chryssanthakopoulos [1996]
June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The early history of the interpretation of the EU citizenship provisions in the ECJ did not seem encouraging.
In the case Skanavi v Chryssanthakopoulos (the first judgment discussing citizenship), in a reference for a preliminary ruling, the Amtsgericht Tiergarten Berlin asked, inter alia, whether article 18 (1) EC was incompatible with a provision of national legislation […]