Status of a family of EU citizens as derivative beneficiaries of the right to free movement of persons within the EU

Status of a family of EU citizens as derivative beneficiaries of the right to free movement of persons within the EU This thesis analyses the legal status of an EU citizen and his family members which are derivative beneficiaries of the right of free movement within the EU. For the purposes of analysis, comparison and understanding of the real benefits of European citizenship, the focus of my thesis is on the family members, whether they may be other EU citizens or third country nationals. The thesis also aims to highlight certain rights and general principles in the case law of the CJEU which have taken shape in the case law of the CJEU on the right of the EU citizens to move and reside freely in other Member States as well as in their home Member state. These include in particular the right to respect for private and family life, the principle of the best interests of the child, the principle of proportionality, the principle of non-discrimination and the doctrine of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of the rights attaching to the status of European Union citizen. The first chapter of my thesis serves to introduce the institution of European citizenship, its origins, its development, recalling the key case law that has shaped it, its future development considerations on its reform and..