23It should be borne in mind that the purpose of Directive 2004/38, as may be seen from recitals 1 to 4 thereof, 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, and that one of the objectives of that directive is to strengthen that right (see, to that effect, judgments of 25 July 2008, Metock and Others, C‑127/08, EU:C:2008:449, paragraph 82, and of 5 June 2018, Coman and Others, C‑673/16, EU:C:2018:385, paragraph 18 and the case-law cited).
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