Free Movement in the European Union

Since the publication of the last edition of Free Move­ment in the European Union – Cases, Commentaries, and Questions, the European Union has experienced Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical instability, internal disagreements concerning European values, and renewed challenges to the rule of law. These developments have also been reflected in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union where questions concerning the fundamental freedoms increasingly arise alongside broader constitutional issues relating to Union citizenship, democracy, and the rule of law. Like its predecessor, this new edition brings together a selection of significant judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the fundamental freedoms of goods, persons, services, establishment, and capital. Each case is accompanied by commentaries and questions that encourage readers to reflect more deeply on the judgments and their wider implications. These Cases, Commentaries, and Questions have been compiled for use in courses on the law of the internal market, but they are also recommended reading for anyone seeking deeper understanding of the Court’s case law on the fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. 

Nina Holst-Christensen is Commissioner in EU Law and Human Rights in the Ministry of Justice, Adjunct Professor at Aarhus University, and a Visiting Professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Copenhagen. 

Morten Broberg is Professor and Honorary Jean Monnet Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. He has previously served as Legal Secretary to the President of the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg, as Head of Section in the European Union and Human Rights Law Division at the Danish Ministry of Justice, and as an Acting Judge of the Eastern High Court of Denmark. He is also a qualified member of the Danish Bar.

Henrik Andersen is Professor of International Economic Law at the Department of Law at the University of Southern Denmark and a Senior Visiting Fellow of the Rule of Law and Sustainability at the School of Law at UCLan Cyprus. He is a member of the European Law Institute.