A European labour market with national welfare systems: a proposal for a new Citizenship and Integration Directive

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Publication Date November 2014
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Open Europe published on the 3 November 2014 a new pamphlet by Professor Damian Chalmers and Open Europe Research Director Stephen Booth which argues that national governments should be able to limit EU migrants’ access to out-of-work and in-work benefits, social housing and publicly funded apprenticeships until after three years. They argue that this could be achieved without a complicated EU Treaty change but by amending existing EU law.

However, the report also suggests that the basic right to go and work anywhere in the EU should stand – on the whole, free movement remained a clear benefit to the UK.

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Open Europe: Press Release, 03.11.14: New Open Europe pamphlet: EU migrants should not be entitled to access national welfare systems for first three years http://www.openeurope.org.uk/Article/Page/en/LIVE?id=22728&page=PressReleases
ESO: Background information: UK exit better than restricting free movement, says German Chancellor http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-exit-better-than-restricting-free-movement-says-german-chancellor/
Blog: Open Europe, 13.11.14: IDS sets out broad strokes of reforms to EU free movement http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/ids-sets-out-broad-strokes-of-reforms.html
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