Free Movement and Non-discrimination in an Unequal Union

Susanne Schmidt, "Free Movement and Non-discrimination in an Unequal Union "
English | ISBN: 113839453X | 2018 | 154 pages | EPUB | 824 KB
The European Union’s (EU) fundamental principles on free movement of persons and non-discrimination have long challenged the traditional closure of the welfare state. Although EU-wide free movement and national welfare appeared largely unproblematic before Eastern enlargement, the increased differences among EU member states in economic development and welfare provision have resulted in fears about potential welfare migration. Because rights of EU citizens were shaped to an important extent by jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice, these are often not very clearly delineated, and easily politicised.