The German law, which has since been changed, set too strict standards for the child benefit entitlement of refugees.
(Photo: dpa)
Berlin The regulations according to which foreigners can receive child benefit in Germany at times violated the Basic Law and still violate European law. That was decided this week by the Federal Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice.
But what do these two judgments mean? Answers to the most important questions.
What was the case before the European Court of Justice about?
A Bulgarian woman who had recently moved to Germany had complained to the Bremen Finance Court because the Lower Saxony-Bremen Family Benefits Office did not want to grant her child benefit for her three children for the first three months of her stay.
There is a three-month blocking period for non-working EU foreigners who move their center of life to Germany, but not for Germans who return after a stay abroad. The Bremen Finance Court now wanted to know from the ECJ whether such unequal treatment is compatible with EU law.
Top jobs of the day
Find the best jobs now and
be notified by email.
How did the three-month blocking period come about?
Read on now
Get access to this and every other article in the
Web and in our app free of charge for 4 weeks.
Continue
Read on now
Get access to this and every other article in the
Web and in our app free of charge for 4 weeks.
Continue