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I should point out that you will again be resident in Belgium when you next visit there with your wife. http://eumovement.wordpress.com/2007/06 ... -question/ca.funke wrote:We nearly missed this opportunity during our short residence there, as we assumed that this would not be possible.
of course you're right, directive, should have said that myself.Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:...I should point out that you will again be resident in Belgium when you next visit there with your wife...
I am not sure if I understand what you are thinking of – freedom of movement for it’s own sake? For me it is a very practical thing. It entails being able to be resident – to work, rent, buy, play, vote, drive, go to school, use the swimming pool.ca.funke wrote:I guess you're only resident for the purpose of 2004/38/EC, hence for the freedom of movement.
I do not think so. There may be rules for eligibility for a driver’s license in a given location, like age or certain amount of driving experience. But if you are resident, you are resident. Just like the old man who has lived there for the last 80 years.ca.funke wrote:I guess this still does not allow you to go to _somewhere in the EU_, apply for a driving-license, and leave again. My gutfeeling tells me that totally different rules apply for this purpose.
So if I feel like getting a (fill in the member state) driving license, I can fly there, check into a youth-hostel, apply for the DL (after all I'm "resident"), and the next day fly back and live happily ever after with my (fill in the member state) DL in (fill in the member state)?Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:...Part of the point of free movement law in the EU is to reverse the situation in which you are only considered a Good (fill in the member state) if you were born there. If you are an EU citizen (or family member), you get equal treatment...