35The Court has already had occasion to point out that Directive 2004/38 aims to facilitate the exercise of the primary and individual right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States that is conferred directly on Union citizens by Article 21(1) TFEU and that it aims in particular to strengthen that right (see, to that effect, Case C-127/08 Metock and Others [2008] ECR I-6241, paragraphs 59 and 82; Case C-162/09 Lassal [2010] ECR I-9217, paragraph 30; and McCarthy, paragraph 28).
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