26/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – The provisions on European citizenship (articles 20 and 21) in the Treaty do not allow for the municipality of a member state to withdraw a benefit from one of its seriously disabled residents, such as aid to the person in the main proceedings on the grounds that he has temporarily resided in another member state to pursue higher education there. This constitutes the substance of the judgement delivered on Wednesday 25 July by the Court of Justice of the European Union (Case C-679/16). In this case, a young Finnish citizen with disabilities was refused daily personal assistance by Espoo municipality (shopping, household tasks, laundry) on the grounds that the student was going to continue his studies in Tallinn as part of a comprehensive three-year course. Although the student had not changed residency, the municipality deemed that this stay was not temporary. (MB)