French politicians cheer European social tourism ruling
French politicians from most parties have hailed a European
court decision to allow France and other European Union member states to clamp
down on supposed “social tourism”.
13/11/2014 - The European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday
that no member states are obliged to pay benefits to migrants who change countries
solely to claim them.
On Wednesday the far-right eurosceptic Front National said
the decision was proof that national interest prevailed and hoped it would
change the shape of public debates on immigration.
However, the ruling Socialist Party stressed that people
should not to let the ruling be used to target specific communities in a
reference from Roma who have migrated from eastern Europe.
Between 15-20,000 Roma are thought to be living in sordid
conditions and shantytowns around the country.
"I want us to be very careful with this decision to
avoid stigmatisation when there is a community in Europe today that lives in
such poor conditions and widespread rejection as the Roma,” Socialist MP Bruno
Le Roux told RFI.
“This should not be considered an anti-Roma decision. The
only way to go beyond this is harmonisation across all EU countries, so all
social systems can respond to people's needs when they become sick or have
other problems."
Hard-left MEP Jean-Luc Mélenchon disagreed with the
consensus, however, accusing a journalist on RTL radio of ignoring “the king of
cheats”, European Commission president and former Luxembourg prime minister
Jean-Claude Juncker, whose country recently exposed as having a scheme to help
big companies dodge taxes.
Link:
http://www.english.rfi.fr/europe/20141113-french-politicians-cheer-european-social-tourism-ruling
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