Brussels, 29/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - The integration obligation imposed by Dutch law on long-term third-country residents complies with the directive on the status of long-term non-EU residents (2011/51/EU), provided that it does not constitute a condition for the maintenance of that status.
Such is the view of Advocate General Maciej Szpunar in an opinion delivered on Wednesday 28 January in a case (C-579/13) brought by a New Zealand national against Dutch local authorities. The Court of...