According to the Court of Justice of the EU, failure to transpose a directive does not prevent a Member State from applying the principle on abusive practices set out in the directive in question. It published a judgment (C-14/23) to this effect on Tuesday, 30 July, in response to the Belgian Council of State’s request for an opinion, which was expressed in November 2023.
The Belgian State refused to grant a Cameroonian national a student visa on the grounds that her plan of study was...