The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has found that Germany can refuse to pay out basic welfare benefits to citizens of European Union countries if it is determined that they traveled to the country with the sole intention of drawing benefits. This preliminary decision relates to the case of a Romanian woman who has lived in the eastern German city of Leipzig since at least November 2010. According to the authorities the woman was not seeking employment either in Germany or Romania when she applied for the long-term unemployment benefit known as Hartz IV. After her application was refused, the woman, who is receiving child benfits for her son, took the local authorities to court over the matter. Do you think the courts decision was right? dw.de/p/1DlBo
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:15:00 +0000
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