Is an EU migration emergency brake back on the table in the UK renegotiation?

Writer suggests that reports in the Financial Times and elsewhere in December 2015 were saying that the EU and the UK were in negotiations over the potential for an EU migration emergency brake. Open Europe’s Raoul Ruparel looked at what we knew so far and whether the plan might backfire.

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ESO: Background information: Cameron's migration speech and EU law: Can he change the status quo? http://www.europeansources.info/record/camerons-migration-speech-and-eu-law-can-he-change-the-status-quo/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: December deal for EU reform difficult says Commission's Brexit boss Faull http://www.europeansources.info/record/december-deal-for-eu-reform-difficult-says-commissions-brexit-boss-faull/

The Guardian, 10.12.15: Cameron ready to give way over ban on in-work benefits for EU migrants http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/10/cameron-compromise-in-work-benefits-ban-eu-migrants

EUObserver, 11.12.15: UK and EU ready to compromise on EU migration https://euobserver.com/institutional/131486

The Guardian, 10.12.15: All EU states oppose David Cameron's freeze on migrant benefits http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/10/all-eu-states-oppose-david-camerons-freeze-migrant-benefits

Blog: Open Europe, 11.12.15: Legal debate about restricting EU migrants’ access to in-work benefits misses the wider point http://openeurope.org.uk/blog/legal-debate-about-restricting-eu-migrants-access-to-in-work-benefits-misses-the-wider-point/

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