Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 10/16/2012

Subject: The Court affirmed that Slovakia did not breach EU law by refusing entry into its territory to the President of Hungary. The fact that an EU citizen performs the duties of Head of State is such as to justify a limitation, based on international law, on the exercise of the right of free movement.

Parties: Ungheria c. Repubblica slovacca

Classification: Citizens’ rights - Art. 45 Freedom of movement

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