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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/d8153dafdb799487 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-right-not-to-move/ A Right Not to Move - Union Citizenship and Forced Movement Tiede, Marlene Siegert, Jasper eng 2026-07-30 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Art. 20 TFEU Case C-147/24 EU EU Charter EU citizenship Ruiz Zambrano Safi a right not to move EU Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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.