COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Citizenship

Terminating right of residence of a citizen of a third country who is a victim of violence by their EU spouse does not infringe fundamental rights, says Court

Brussels, 02/09/2021 (Agence Europe)

A potential difference in treatment between a non-EU citizen who is a victim of violence by an EU spouse and a non-EU citizen legally resident in the EU who is a victim of the same violence by a spouse from a third country does not violate equality in law, the Court of Justice ruled on 2 September.

In a preliminary judgment (Case C-930/19 Belgian State), it stressed that a third-country national who is the victim of domestic violence committed by their spouse, an EU citizen, is not in a...