The European Court of Justice has ruled benefits can be denied to jobless migrants if they have never held a job in that country.
Dubbed "benefits tourism", it has occurred in many EU countries for some time.
But today Germany won the right to refuse to pay a Romanian woman and her son benefits on that basis.
The European Court of Justice has ruled benefits can be denied to jobless migrants if they have never held a job in that country.
Dubbed "benefits tourism", it has occurred in many EU countries for some time.
But today Germany won the right to refuse to pay a Romanian woman and her son benefits on that basis.
The ECJ said EU countries must be allowed to withhold some benefits to "economically inactive union citizens who exercise their right to freedom of movement solely in order to obtain another member state's social assistance".
It could now have wide ranging impacts on the rest of Europe, including the UK.
A Downing Street spokesman said David Cameron welcomed the ruling and "will look very carefully at what we and other governments can do in response to this judgment."
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