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A long-term resident in the European Union is a person who is not a citizen of an EU country but has resided legally and continuously within its territory for five years with a means of support (i.e. without recourse to the social assistance system of the host country) and fulfills some further requirements, as defined in Directive 2003/109/EC. [1]
In the European Union (EU), a family member's residence card is issued under EU rules by any EU country (except, in common, the country the EU family member is a national of). [1] This exception is not applicable to Spain or Italy, where non-EEA family members of Spanish or Italian citizens will hold a valid Residence card for a family member ...
The introduction of a European form of citizenship with precisely defined rights and duties was considered as long ago as the 1960s", [12] but the roots of "the key rights of EU citizenship—primarily the right to live and the right to work anywhere within the territory of the Member States—can be traced back to the free movement provisions ...
A citizen of one EU or EFTA country can live and work indefinitely in the other EU and EFTA countries. However, countries can limit the right to vote and work in certain sensitive fields (such as government, police, military) to local citizens only. [377] Immigrants from another EU or EFTA country can be refused welfare benefits. [378]
The law of 17 November 2016 slightly changed the procedure, and also extended the right to vote for European Parliament elections to Belgians living in a non-EU member state. Belgians living in another EU member state already had the right to vote on Belgian lists in European Parliament elections. On 26 August 2016, the cabinet also approved ...
Londoners should be able to live and work in EU countries, Sadiq Khan says. Millie Cooke. February 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM ... including the EU ambassador and UK ambassadors of 27 EU member states.
The newest EU member state Croatia refused to fully comply with the EU common recommended layout even though the Croatian passport has been changed in design due to the recent accession into the EU. From 3 August 2015, the new Croatian passport retained its dark blue passport cover and is the odd one out among the 27 European Union member ...
This popular initiative enables one million citizens of the European Union, [2] with a minimum number of nationals from at least seven member states, to call directly on the European Commission to propose a legal act (notably a Directive or Regulation) in an area where the member states have conferred powers onto the EU level.