nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/d8153dafdb799487 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260730s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/d8153dafdb799487 doi eng 342 23 Tiede, Marlene Author aut A Right Not to Move - Union Citizenship and Forced Movement Tiede, Marlene Verfassungsblog 2026-07-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier What does Union citizenship, traditionally dependent on a cross-border element, offer to those who have never exercised their right to free movement? For more than a decade, the position of “static Union citizens” has remained confined to the exceptional protection recognised in Zambrano. In its recent judgment in Safi, delivered on 4 June 2026, the ECJ extended those limits. The judgment established that Union citizenship protects static minor Union citizens from being forced to move within the Union. In doing so, the Court implicitly recognised a right not to move. CC BY-SA 4.0 Art. 20 TFEU Case C-147/24 EU EU Charter EU citizenship Ruiz Zambrano Safi a right not to move (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Siegert, Jasper Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-right-not-to-move/ raw object