The Scope and the Future of equality of Treatment fo Economically Inactive Union Citizens on the Move
Abstract
This article deals with the principle of equal treatment for economically inactive Union citizens on the move. It starts by quoting the different sources of EU law that have contributed to build up this principle, which is still not complete, especially regarding access to social assistance.
It also takes into account external factors that are pushing some Member States to minimalize equal treatment for economically inactive Union citizens as much as possible. Finally, it recalls that the future of the principle of equal treatment will depend indeed on the choice to be made between, on one hand, the pursuit of European integration and of European citizenship leading to full equal treatment and, on the other, a narrower application of this principle, namely towards non-self-sufficient Union citizens on the move.