A Member State may not refuse to pay a family allowance for the child of the spouse of a frontier worker, since that allowance constitutes a social advantage and is therefore subject to the principle of equal treatment. This was the conclusion of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a judgment delivered on Thursday 2 April (Case C-802/18).
In the context of a reference for a preliminary ruling submitted by Luxembourg’s Higher Social Security Board, the Court was asked,...