Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the respondent could still rely on the FZA family reunification right despite the failed marriage.
Decisione estratta
He could not; repeated violence and definitive separation showed abuse of rights, so the FZA family reunification basis no longer applied.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that an abuse of rights exists when the marriage is only formally maintained and no resumption of the marital community is to be expected. In cases of repeated domestic violence and categorical refusal by the spouse to continue cohabitation, the foreign spouse cannot continue to invoke Art. 3 Annex I FZA.