| Author (Corporate) | European Court of Justice: Press and Information Division |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | No.101, 2015 (15.09.15) |
| Publication Date | 15/09/2015 |
| Content Type | News |
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A Member State may exclude European Union citizens who go to another State to find work from certain non-contributory social security benefits. EU countries are allowed to cut state assistance to jobless citizens from other nations in the bloc, the European Court of Justice decided in a judgement announced on the 15 September 2015. Benefit payments may be stopped if the foreign EU citizen is not seeking employment after 6 months. The confirmation was welcomed by UK Conservative MEPs. Employment spokesman Anthea McIntyre MEP said: 'This is a major endorsement of our stance on benefit tourism and our views on free movement. Increasingly the rest of Europe is seeing things our way. It bodes well for one of our key areas of renegotiation'. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2015-09/cp150101en.pdf |
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| Subject Categories | Employment and Social Affairs, Internal Markets, Law |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, Germany |
