FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS AS THE CAUSE FOR PROBLEMS TO PREVENT THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY

AbstractWhilst the European Union’s aim of achieving an ‘ever closer Union’ is not an objective of EEA cooperation, homogeneity demands that we follow the same path: as the Union gets ever closer, so too does EEA cooperation, in light of the demands of the fundamental principle of homogeneity. This is particularly well demonstrated by looking at developments in the field of the free movement of persons. The case law of the Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA Court) in this field shows that in situations where homogeneity is put to the test, there seems little to suggest that a more national sovereignty-friendly approach has been adopted than under EU law. Notwithstanding the integral differences between the EU and EEA legal constructs, the EFTA Court has proven highly adept at keeping pace with EU developments in the field through a number of bold and creative interpretations of EEA law, and by using different tools to arrive at uniform conclusions.

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Book Review: Free Movement of Persons within the European Community: Cross-Border Access to Public Benefits

European Journal of Social Security ◽

10.1177/138826270300500310 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 276-279

Author(s):

Ivo van der Steen

Keyword(s):

European Community ◽

Free Movement ◽

Public Benefits ◽

Cross Border ◽

Free Movement Of Persons

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II. Free Movement of Persons

International and Comparative Law Quarterly ◽

10.1093/iclq/50.1.168 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 168-175 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jules Lonbay

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Subject Matter ◽

Free Movement ◽

The European Union ◽

Amsterdam Treaty ◽

Previous Note ◽

Title Iv ◽

Treaty Of Rome ◽

Free Movement Of Persons ◽

Criminal Matters

As mentioned in the previous note1 the Amsterdam Treaty significantly alters the treaty structure as regards the free movement of persons. The EC treaty now has, as one of its formal activities as set out in article 3(1)(d), “measures concerning the entry and movement of persons as provided for in Title IV”. The creation of a new Title IV in the EC Treaty on establishing an area of freedom, security and justice moves a corpus of subject matter2 from the inter-governmental pillar on Justice and Home Affairs to the Treaty of Rome. The aim clearly set out is to establish, within five years, all the measures necessary to create “an area without frontiers” in accordance with Article 143 together with “flanking measures with respect to external board of controls of asylum and immigration” as well as “measures to prevent and combat crime in accordance with the provisions of Article 31 (e) of the Treaty on European Union”.4 Co-operation between the Member States is also to be strengthened and encouraged5 as well as measures in the field of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters though the latter is in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty on the European Union.6

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Libre circulación de personas y Derecho Internacional Privado: un análisis a la luz de la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea = Free movement of persons and International Private Law: an analysis in the light of the case law of the European Court of Justice

CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL ◽

10.20318/cdt.2017.3867 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 106

Author(s):

Irene Blázquez Rodríguez

Keyword(s):

International Law ◽

Mutual Recognition ◽

Case Law ◽

Free Movement ◽

Legal Person ◽

Private International Law ◽

European Court ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

European Citizenship ◽

Free Movement Of Persons

Resumen: El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la interacción entre la libre circulación de per-sonas y el Derecho internacional privado. Mediante esta dimensión se profundiza en la esencia de esta movilidad intra-UE, al tiempo que se calibra el alcance del status civitatis europeo. Este estudio se sus-tenta en una jurisprudencia reciente –si bien consolidada– del TJUE en la que se garantiza no sólo el desplazamiento sino también el reconocimiento de situaciones privadas en el espacio europeo, y ello con independencia de la regulación material o conflictual del Estado miembro de acogida. En esta acción, la persona tanto física como jurídica trasciende su propio Derecho nacional y adquiere una auténtica dimensión “europea”.Palabras clave: libre circulación de personas, ciudadanía de la Unión, Derecho internacional pri-vado, estatuto personal.Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse the interaction between the free movement of persons and private international law. This dimension deepens in the essence of this intra-EU mobility, at the same time as measuring the scope of the European status civitatis. This study is based on recent –yet already well defined– case law of the CJEU, guaranteeing not only the movement but also the mutual recognition of civil situations into the common European space, independent of substantive or conflict rules of the host member state. With this action, both natural and legal person go beyond their own na-tional law in order to acquire a truly “European” dimension.Keywords: free movement of persons, European citizenship, Private International Law, personal status.

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