The Family in EU Law After the SM Ruling: Variable Geometry and Conditional Deference

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Abstract: SM (Court of Justice, judgment of 26 March 2019, case C-129/18 [GC]) revolved around the possibility of embracing a child in guardianship under the Algerian kafala system within the EU law notion of “family member”. In the ruling, the Court opened the door to a “variable geometry” notion of family. To this extended notion...

From Alternative Triggers to Shifting Links: Social Integration and Protection of Supranational Citizenship in the Context of Brexit and Beyond

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Brexit and loss of citizenship. – II.1. The matrix of loss of citizenship. – II.2. Citizens’ rights protected in the withdrawal agreement. – III.3. The home State ransom and the fragility of supranational citizenship. – III. Citizenship protection between home and host State. – III.1. Checks on the home...

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