Luxembourg, 23/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - When a spouse is a third country national and the other a citizen of a Member State, the couple may avoid the refusal by this Member State of hosting the foreign spouse by provisionally locating that person in another Member State and then invoking the right to free movement of workers.
In its Hacene Akrich ruling, the Court of Justice (11 judges) supported a Moroccan national who had heard talk of community rights, according to which, by remaining...