Press Release: Judgment in Case C-67/14. Jobcenter Berlin Neukölln v Nazifa, Sonita, Valentina and Valentino Alimanovic

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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Blog: Open Europe, 15.09.15: Is the ECJ’s latest ruling on access to benefits helpful or unhelpful for David Cameron http://openeurope.org.uk/blog/is-ecjs-latest-ruling-on-access-to-benefits-helpful-or-unhelpful-for-david-cameron/

Blog: EU Law Analysis, 15.09.15: EU citizens’ access to benefits: the CJEU clarifies the position of former workers http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.be/2015/09/eu-citizens-access-to-benefits-cjeu.html

ESO: Background information: Economically inactive EU citizens who go to another Member State solely in order to obtain social assistance may be excluded from certain social benefits http://www.europeansources.info/record/economically-inactive-eu-citizens-who-go-to-another-member-state-solely-in-order-to-obtain-social-assistance-may-be-excluded-from-certain-social-benefits/

BBC News, 15.09.15: Top court backs German block on EU migrant benefits http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34256969

Deutsche Welle, 15.09.15: Germany can cut welfare for jobless EU nationals, court rules http://dw.com/p/1GWfZ

The Local.de, 15.09.15: Germany can stop cash for jobless EU migrants http://www.thelocal.de/20150915/ecj-germany-can-deny-foreigners-hartz-iv

EurActiv, 15.09.15: EU migrants can be denied social benefits, says top court http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/eu-migrants-can-be-denied-social-benefits-says-top-court-317654

Politico, 15.09.15: EU court deals blow to ‘benefits’ migration http://www.politico.eu/article/migrants-refugees-social-security-eu-court-deals-blow-to-benefits-migration/

Conservatives in the European Parliament: News, 15.09.15: Court ruling strengthens Cameron's hand http://conservativeeurope.com/news/court-ruling-strengthens-camerons-hand

ESO: Background information: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-67/14 Jobcenter Berlin Neu köln v Nazifa, Sonita, Valentina and Valentino Alimanovic http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-advocate-generals-opinion-in-case-c-67-14-jobcenter-berlin-neu-koln-v-nazifa-sonita-valentina-and-valentino-alimanovic/

Blog: European Law Blog, 29.09.15: Had they only worked one month longer! An Analysis of the Alimanovic Case [2015] C-67/14 http://europeanlawblog.eu/?p=2913

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