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Originally Posted by Tribesman
The government is onto a loser there.
The provisions it agreed to(with conditions on new member states) is essentially the same as has existed with Ireland since the free state got created.
If it is applying one set of laws and refusing to apply an identical set then it is clearly in breach of those laws.
I wonder if Britain backs down before October when universal credit kicks in and hits all those european workers in their wagepackets.?
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Absolutely. From a legal standpoint the Government hasn't got a leg to stand on really. Its obvious to the meanest intelligence that application to migrants from other EU states of a "residency test" which UK citizens do not have to pass directly discriminates and so will be found to be in breach of Art 45, as long as they are "looking for a job" and so are classified as a "worker".
If you are not working, cannot support yourself and are not looking for work, then you are not classified as a "worker" under Article 45 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union.
As far as I can see, the only defence the government may put forwards is that the "residency test" is equivalent to requiring that the migrant from another MS simply be looking for work and thus exempts only those migrants who are not genuinely seeking employment in this country.
Of course, the elephant in the room here is that it was our past governments who happily signed us up to the EU and signed away our national sovereignty piece by piece without ever giving us the chance to have our say, except from the one time we were allowed a say on joining what was assumed to be only a "common market".
As we all know now, the idea that all the EUSSR would ever be was a common market was a fig leaf to get us all to accept it.
Its frankly ludicrous that now they have signed us up to these ridiculous requirements that are solely aimed at undermining our national sovereignty and our national homogeneity in order to create a new class of citizen loyal to the Federal EU rather than nation state now expect us to believe that they are really actually fighting against such an encroachment of our sovereignty! I'm not falling for that IDS. You politicos got us in to bed with Europe so don't pretend you didn't know the consequences.