EU states consider adopting UK’s reforms on migrants’ access to benefitsThe Financial Times reports that a number of other countries – including Austria, Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands – are considering whether to introduce a variant of the UK’s reform of limiting access to in-work benefits for EU migrants. The move is seen as an encouraging sign that the UK and the EU will find agreement on this issue. A number of the countries are considering the move to counter their own populist parties. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said that, while changes to EU legislation must be a …read more
Source: Open Europe