As part of the agreement with the UK, the EU proposes to limit the allocation of allowances for immigrants from other EU countries. It has, among other things going on “export benefits for children” – stems from the proposals made by the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. For now they are starting ideas that will be the basis for the initiation of negotiations between Brussels and London. Prime Minister David Cameron accepted it with pleasure.
The ideas are the result of weekend meeting British Prime Minister and Head of the European Council. Cameron and Tusk talked to him about what changes the UK Government is expected in the EU before the referendum to remain within the Community.
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Reducing benefits
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The project involves, among others, establishment of a “security mechanism” that allows EU countries to reduce the ‘special situation’ access to certain social benefits for newly arrived immigrants from another EU country for four years.
A unique situation is one in which the influx of migrants commercial burden the social security system or leads to serious difficulties in the labor market or disturbances in the functioning of public services. The decision to launch this mechanism would be taken by a majority of votes in the EU Council, composed of representatives of the governments of the Member States.
The country EU, which will be in this position, you will be able to inform the European Commission and the EU Council. Then, at the request of the Commission, the EU Council (the representatives of the Member States) will have to adopt qualified majority voting implementing act authorizing the State to reduce social benefits for newly arrived migrants maximum of four years. Such persons would gradually gain access to certain benefits.
This proposal means that the possible activation of this mechanism the UK would not cover immigrants from Polish and other EU countries who already are and work in this country, but only new arrivals.
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This limit would be subject to the so-called. in-work benefits, ie social benefits for employees. They consist inter alia tax credits, housing subsidies, access to social housing and full health care. They are available to all persons who legally work in the United Kingdom, and does not require additional payments to the state budget, unlike in most European Union countries. Benefits increase real income and may be one of the factors encouraging migration to the UK.
According to the think tank Open Europe from 2014 years, migrants from other EU countries resort to provide more than the British – represent 5.5 percent. labor, and the total value of benefits received by them reaches 8 percent. all run by the British public institutions.
Lock to satisfy the Eurosceptics
The project also assumes that the European Commission will present proposals to revise EU legislation on “export benefits on children”, ie payment of benefits to immigrants with another EU country whose children remained at home.
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Another important finding is the locking mechanism calls “unwanted” of EU law. It has to be able to do a group of at least 55 percent of the EU. At their request, a draft of the new law is to be or once alleged, or fed to change.
Tusk provides, however, that it is not about giving London a “right of veto”. The British are not able to agree on further integration into European structures, but will not be able to completely block it.
Details provided by Tusk’s ideas have not yet been worked out. Talks on them to be a matter indefinite future. Cameron hopes, however, that substantial agreement on the reforms of the EU in accordance with British expectations, will be made at the upcoming EU summit February 18-19.
Less hassle negotiators made the other three “baskets” of cases in which wants to renegotiate United Britain. It is about: the relationship between euro countries and countries outside it, strengthening the role of national parliaments and EU competitiveness.
The Draft Agreement provides, inter alia, that the initiatives aimed at deepening cooperation within economic and monetary union will be open for countries outside the euro area. Between these two groups of countries is to reign “mutual respect”. As stressed Tusk can not mean, however, that the concerns of countries outside the euro will block or delay the urgently needed decisions in the context of economic and monetary union.
British have hoped for more
– Preliminary proposals to show real progress in all four areas in which Britain needs change. However, one should still work – said Cameron after publication of the proposal of the European Council.
Quoted by Reuters news agency a source in the British government found that the agreement in its present form, “that’s not it,” but expressed the belief that reaching an agreement ” is possible. “
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Tusk, his proposal for an agreement with the UK rated as “good basis for compromise.”
Battle of Britain in the European Union
The British prime minister is in the midst of a diplomatic offensive to remodeling of the Community. Cameron wants to force the EU reform before foretold by himself for 2,017 years a referendum on a possible exit of Great Britain from the EU.
British Prime Minister hopes that changes in the European Union after its thoughts allow him to demonstrate in front of the Euro-skeptic British ability to influence on Brussels accordance with the interests of their country. His premise is that to persuade more people to vote for remaining in the ranks of the EU and ultimately defeat supporters of their leave.
One of the main arguments put forward by British Eurosceptics is that the UK government loses control of their own country in the for anonymous mass of Brussels bureaucrats. The locking mechanism of the new EU legislation has to be a cure for it “evil”.
Author: mk, Adso MTOM, KK / Source: Reuters, PAP, tvn24.pl
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