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Michael O'Connor in EU Renegotiation

Jan 29, 2016

What turkeys don’t vote for …

Following on from my previous thoughts on this, the Prime Minister interviewed earlier today on the Sky News 3pm bulletin (Friday 29 January) was explicit about the benefits issue. It’s “about cutting immigration” he said.

Skinning the cat

The Prime Minister’s travels to secure agreement to his proposals for renegotiation last week (22 January 2016) took him to the Czech Republic. As the BBC reported

Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka rejected Mr Cameron’s proposals for a four-year ban on in-work benefits. But…

Binning the turkey?

Entitlement to social security benefits provided by EU Regulation 883/2004 is clear - the conditions for these cannot discriminate directly or indirectly against workers from other member states. This has been reiterated any number of times by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).