High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, France’s Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani sit at a table at the start of a working dinner of the G7 ministerial meetings in Tokyo, Japan.
On Thursday, the European Commission announced its decision to bring Italy and Germany to the ECJ over policies that it deemed discriminatory against mobile workers.
Recently, programs for family allowances were instituted in both nations, with some worker groups receiving smaller amounts than others.
Benefit eligibility in Italy was based on a worker’s length of residence, which was two years or more; in Germany, however, workers’ allowances were reduced for children living in nations of the European Union with a lower cost of living.
“One of the fundamental principles of the EU is that people are treated equally without any distinction based on nationality,” stated the European Commission.
“Following this basic principle, EU mobile workers who contribute in the same way to the social security system and pay the same taxes as local workers are entitled to the same social security benefits,” according to the report.
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