Judgment_paragraph 31 · Toufik Lounes v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-165/16)

31According to settled case-law of the Court, the purpose of Directive 2004/38 is to facilitate the exercise of the primary and individual right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States which is conferred directly on citizens of the Union by Article 21(1) TFEU. Recital 5 of the directive states that that right should, if it is to be exercised under objective conditions of dignity, be also granted to the family members of those citizens, irrespective of nationality (judgment of 18 December 2014, McCarthy and Others, C‑202/13, EU:C:2014:2450, paragraphs 31 and 33 and the case-law cited).