Judgment_paragraph 33 · Wolfram Bechtel and Marie-Laure Bechtel v Finanzamt Offenburg (C-20/16)

33As regards the issue whether Mrs Bechtel, who is an employee of the public administration of one Member State, whilst residing in another Member State, comes within the definition of ‘worker’, for the purposes of Article 45 TFEU, it is important to remember that the legal nature of the employment relationship is of no consequence in regard to the application of Article 45 TFEU and the fact that the worker is employed as a civil servant, or even that the employment relationship is governed by public law rather than by private law, is irrelevant in that respect (see judgment of 26 April 2007, Alevizos, C‑392/05, EU:C:2007:251, paragraph 68 and the case-law cited).