Judgment_paragraph 33 · P.I. v Migracijos departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerijos (C-280/21)

33In the third place, the broad interpretation of the concept of ‘political opinion’ as a ‘reason for persecution’ within the meaning of Article 10(1)(e) of Directive 2011/95 means that, in order to determine the existence of such opinion and the causal link between it and the acts of persecution, the competent authorities of the Member States must take into consideration the general context of the country of origin of the applicant for refugee status, from, inter alia, a political, legal, judicial, historical and sociocultural perspective.