In the Opinion delivered on Wednesday 27 June in Case C-257/17, Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi held that the Dutch law requiring a person who already has the right to family reunification to pass a second civic integration examination in order to obtain an autonomous residence permit is incompatible with EU law.
In this case, a woman of Chinese nationality and a Congolese national held a permit to reside in the Netherlands with their respective Dutch spouses. After their divorce, they...