Activism of the European Court in the decision on the freedom of movement of workers

Omogućavanje slobode kretanja radnika unutar Europske unije u funkciji stvaranja i jačanja unutarnjeg tržišta te realizacije bitnih ciljeva socijalne politike jedan je od temelja europskog projekta još od samog njegova oživotvorenja 1957. godine. Snažnu potporu takvoj politici omogućavala je aktivistička orijentacija Europskog suda koji je kroz svoj case-law s vremenom izvršio izuzetno veliki utjecaj na razvoj ovog prava i brojnih s njim povezanih pitanja. U ovom ćemo radu stoga pokušati osvijetliti aktivističku poziciju Europskog suda u specifičnom području – slobodi kretanja radnika i ostalim pojmovima vezanima uz rad.Enabling freedom of movement for workers within the European Union in order to create and strengthen internal markets and achieve important social policy goals has been one of the foundations of the European project since its very inception in 1957. Strong support in favour of such policy has enabled the activist orientation of the European Court which has through its case law over the course of time been particularly powerful in the development of this law and numerous other related issues. In this paper, an attempt is made to shed light on the activist position of the European Court in the specific area of freedom of movement for workers and other related concepts