The judges of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Thursday 7 February in the judgment of Case C-322/17 that EU law does not require a person to be gainfully employed in one Member State in order to receive family benefits for their children residing in another Member State.
Mr Bogatu, a Romanian national, was employed in Ireland from 2003 to 2009 before receiving unemployment benefits and then sick leave benefits from 2009 to 2015. In January 2009, he applied to the...