European Union citizenship – free movement for all?

Although on the face of it, many of the EU citizenship decisions appear gender neutral, the Court’s case law, and EU policy generally, construct gender roles in ways which ensure the traditional distribution of gender roles continues as the right to free movement continues to privilege economically active EU citizens. This area of EU law also lends itself well to a gendered analysis because it helps us to reconceptualise who an EU citizen should be and to value the diversity of EU citizens.