In a judgment (case C-767/23) handed down on Tuesday, 24 March, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that a national court or tribunal of last instance must always justify its refusal to refer a question to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling.
A Moroccan national, whose wife and children live in the Netherlands and are Dutch nationals, challenged a Dutch court’s refusal to grant him a residence permit valid throughout the EU on the grounds that he already has a...