Freedom of movement

2 December 2019

Is free movement a threat or a boost to welfare states?

By Maria Giulia Montanari

Mobile European citizens have been repeatedly alleged to represent a burden on national welfare systems. Nevertheless, this might not emerge to be the case when one considers real data. Leaving public misperceptions about migration aside, this article points out the pros and cons of EU free movement for national welfare budgets.

20 November 2018

Why Current Restrictions on EU immigrants’ Access to Welfare Rights should be Lifted

By Dimitrios Efthymiou

What restrictions in terms of access to its welfare system, would an EU member-state in a free movement Union opt for if it didn't know how the benefits and costs of freedom of movement would be distributed among the Union's member states?

«The debate on the future of Europe should be a rallying cry for redeeming the promise of fraternity, which under conditions of economic globalisation can be realized only by politically catching up with it at the supranational level»

Freedom of movement

Freedom of movement

Is free movement a threat or a boost to welfare states?

Why Current Restrictions on EU immigrants’ Access to Welfare Rights should be Lifted

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