According to a decision made by the European Court of Justice on Wednesday 20 December (C-442/16), an EU citizen who, after more than one year, has ceased to work in a self-employed capacity in another Member State because of an absence of work owing to reasons beyond his control retains the status of self-employed person and, consequently, a right to reside in that Member State.
Mr Florea Gusa, a Romanian national, has lived Ireland since 2007. From 2008 to 2012 he worked as a self-employed...