Free Movement of Persons and Articles 45, 48 and 21 TFEU and Articles 28 and 29 EEA

Abstract

This chapter introduces the second overall topic included in the study, namely free movement of persons and the EEA Agreement. This chapter explains broadly the relevance of including this topic and establishes the structure for Part II to inform the reader of a rather complex analysis. The complexity is partly due to the manner in which the relevant secondary legislation became part of the EEA Agreement. Thus, this chapter has a section devoted to the interaction between primary and secondary EU law and a section devoted to the actual incorporation of both the Citizenship Directive and the coordination regime of social security benefits. Furthermore, this chapter introduces the division into four sections of the case study on free movement of persons; beginning the EU integration process in regard of Union citizenship (Chap. 7), and followed by the EEA integration process where Chap. 8 concerns the Citizenship Directive and Chap. 9 concerns the coordination regime and finally Chap. 10 provides overall reflections.