How could I understand the word, .'movement ' ?
Please read the following sentence firstly. Mr Cameron also said he would lobby for further changes to free movement rules in the light of European Court rulings if the UK voted to remain, and said the process of EU reform would "continue on Friday" and that reducing net migration was "not an unrealistic ambition".
So what does the word, 'movement', mean? By the way, what do the words, 'in light of European Court rulings', mean?

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How could I understand the word, .'movement ' ?
Please read the following sentence firstly. Mr Cameron also said he would lobby for further changes to free movement rules in the light of European Court rulings if the UK voted to remain, and said the process of EU reform would "continue on Friday" and that reducing net migration was "not an unrealistic ambition". 
        So what does the word, 'movement', mean? By the way, what do the words, 'in light of European Court rulings', mean?

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Movement, in this context, is essentially the same as "traveling".  He's talking about traveling between European countries without the need for a visa.  "In light of European Court rulings ... " means "due to recent decisions by the European Court".

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In this sentence, the reading is very literal.  "Free movement" refers to the policy of allowing people to move freely from one EU country to another, hence, free "movement".  "In light of recent European Court rulings" is a way of saying recent court rulings are in play considering this policy of free movement.  In other words, Mr. Cameron feels that he must work to influence and amend (lobby) these rules that have been affected by recent court rulings.

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Free movement rules > rules that allow citizens of EU to move freely in any countries in EU.

In the light of European Court rulings > taking into account of the European Court rulings (now these rulings are made known to you)

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