Luxembourg, 14/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - In the Collins case, Advocate General Damaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer said Member States may impose residence requirements on the unemployed with the aim of verifying roots in the country and a connection with the labour market in the Member State in question to avoid abuse and what the Advocate General described as “social tourism”, by which he means moving around the EU to claim non-contributory benefits.
Brian Collins, who has double Irish and...