Press Release: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-333/13 (Social security benefits for national or foreign jobseekers)

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Series Details No.74/14
Publication Date 20/05/2014
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According to the opinion of Advocate General Wathelet, Germany may refuse, on the basis of a general criterion that demonstrates the absence of a genuine link with the host Member State, nationals of other Member States ‘social security benefits for jobseekers who are in need of assistance’.

Germany may thus exclude from such benefits persons who come to Germany solely in order to seek employment or obtain social assistance.

The final ruling from the European Court of Justice is expected to be known within some months.

Source Link http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2014-05/cp140074en.pdf
Related Links
EUObserver, 21.05.14: EU court: Countries are entitled to reject benefit claims http://euobserver.com/social/124203
ESO: Background information: Germany prepares tighter controls on EU ‘welfare tourists’ http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-prepares-tighter-controls-on-eu-welfare-tourists/
Spiegel Online International, 05.06.14: Immigration to Germany: 'Better Qualified than the Domestic Population' http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/interview-on-german-demographics-immigration-and-integration-a-973320.html

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