Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appellant could still invoke Art. 7 LSEE to obtain renewal of her residence permit despite separation from her Swiss spouse.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The marriage was definitively broken down; invoking the formal marriage served only to obtain immigration benefits and was therefore abusive.
Extrahierte Begründung
A right under Art. 7 LSEE persists until divorce, but abuse exists when the union is only formally maintained and there is no realistic prospect of reconciliation. Here the spouses had lived apart for about 18 months and no concrete indication of resuming cohabitation was shown.