UK and Germany dislike EU ‘welfare tourism’ plan

The European Commission presented on the 5 December 2013 its report on free movement to EU Interior Ministers after a handful of member states in April 2013 had complained about EU nationals abusing their welfare systems.

The UK, along with Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, said some EU citizens were a financial burden because they receivedbenefits they are not entitled to.

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ESO: Background information: Free movement of people: five actions to benefit citizens, growth and employment in the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-free-movement-of-people-five-actions-to-benefit-citizens-growth-and-employment-in-the-eu/

ESO: Background information: Brussels on guard over UK's Romania, Bulgaria plan http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-on-guard-over-uks-romania-bulgaria-plan-david-cameron-exactly-right-on-migration-says-michael-gove/

Deutsche Welle, 05.12.13: Germany, Britain press for inner-EU migratory curbs http://dw.de/p/1AToS

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/1025: Free movement: Vice-President Reding's intervention at the December Justice and Home Affairs Council http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-1025_en.pdf

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