Section I: Introduction, methodology and key concepts -- Preliminary concepts -- Section II: Historical evolution of EU migration law -- The involvement of the EU in migration regulation: from Amsterdam and Tampere to Lisbon and Stockholm -- The adoption of the long-term residence directive -- Section III: The content of the long-term residence directive -- Scope of the directive: Article 3 -- Protection against expulsion: Article 12 -- Residence in other member states: Article 14 -- Section IV: The integration conditions -- Origin and development of the integration conditions -- Political motivations for the introduction of integration requirements -- Possible interpretation of the integration conditions by the CJEU -- Conclusion
Summary
This book studies the implications for third-country nationals of the adoption of the Long-term Residence Directive. This Directive has the potential to become a subsidiary form of EU citizenship which escapes direct control by Member States. Hence, this Directive brings the prospect of transforming Member States control over the relationship between territory and population. In order to arrive at this conclusion, the book looks at its content and at the way in which Member States have implemented some of its most controversial articles. It then explores how the Court of Justice could interpre
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-260) and index
Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (Council of the European Union) fast
