Free movement in Europe in all EU Member States is enshrined and guaranteed by European Directive 2004/38 / EC, which expresses in an irrefutable way the right of Community citizens and their family members, such as spouses it is Community or non-EU but lawfully married to a European citizen, the right to travel through all countries without visas or additional obligations unless the presentation of normal travel documents. Directive 2004/38 / EC is designed to make the right of all family members of a spouse to move freely in order to avoid the possibility and freedom as well as the right of spouses to live together. In fact, the directive addresses the gaps in the international context in cases where a foreign spouse travels to a European Union country in order to continue traveling to another Community country where he is domiciled or resident with his European spouse. The crossing and the subsequent crossing of the frontier in this case must be guaranteed in order to guarantee the right to family cohesion, in any case, both with the valid residence document and with a residence permit that is being issued / renewed. It is for the sole and exclusive country to which the issuing of the document is entitled to legislate to the non-EU traveler.
In this respect, it is clear that the directive is being respected and is almost fully respected only by Portugal, Spain, Finland, Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Luxembourg. All other countries comply with all the rules that also include different items, such as deadlines for document release only 60%.
wiki
