{"id":85981,"date":"2016-01-21T08:38:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T16:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=85981"},"modified":"2016-01-21T08:38:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T16:38:13","slug":"court-lets-e-u-nations-curb-immigrant-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=85981","title":{"rendered":"Court Lets E.U. Nations Curb Immigrant Welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

BERLIN \u2014 The European Union\u2019s top court put its thumb on the scale of one of the bloc\u2019s most divisive issues Tuesday, ruling in effect that richer countries can limit access to welfare benefits for citizens from poorer ones.<\/p>\n

In the decision, the European Court of Justice ruled that a Romanian woman [gypsy] who had immigrated to Germany was not entitled to unemployment benefits because she had made no effort to find a job.<\/p>\n

While the ruling is limited in scope, it may provide some political cover to governments, like those in Britain and Germany, that have complained of \u201cwelfare tourism\u201d and faced strong opposition at home over immigration policies because of it.<\/p>\n

The decision may also provide a safety valve of sorts to relieve pressures within the European Union over immigration, which have grown more profound during the long economic crisis and as the bloc has expanded to include poorer members, like Romania and Bulgaria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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