Den fri bevægelighed for personer er grundlaget herfor, baseret på Traktatens artikel 7 A. I en tid hvor ti millioner d-mark eller pund passerer gennem Europa på en brøkdel af et sekund, bliver hindringerne for den fri bevægelighed for mennesker ganske uacceptabel.
The free movement of persons is a constitutional basis for that citizenship, pursuant to Article 7a of the Treaty. Now that ten million German marks or pounds sterling can cross the continent in a few milliseconds, the obstacles placed in the way of the free movement of human beings are becoming completely intolerable.