THE CONCEPT OF THE FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION UNDER THE CASE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (Avrupa Adalet Divanı Kararları Işığında Avrupa Birliği Kapsamındaki İşçilerin Serbest Dolaşımı Kavramı)

Year 2015, Issue: 6, 563 - 579, 15.01.2016

Nurullah Tekin

Abstract

One of the four fundamental freedoms of the European Union,
enshrined in the 1957 Treaty of Rome is the free movement of persons,
along with the free movement of goods, services and capital. The most
securely protected group of persons under Union law are workers. The
idea of free movement of workers has encouraged the EU to introduce
many policies, removing barriers between Member States, ensuring a
single market.
Freedom of movement for workers involves a number of rights: the
right to enter the territory of another EU Member State; the right to reside
there with their families; the right to perform their economic activities
under the same conditions as the citizens of the host country and the
right to remain there after having ceased employment. The concept of
free movement of workers is laid out in Article 45 of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union and is consolidated in further Directives
and Regulations. Besides, the Court of Justice of the European Union has
played an indispensable role in the development and interpretation of this
concept through case law.

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