The impact of European integration on national welfare systems is one of the most crucial issues concerning the regulatory autonomy of Member States. In particular, the widening of the scope of the free movement of persons, and its later transformation into the most fundamental EU citizenship right, has added to the tensions already present in the interaction between free movement law and national social protection.
Suggested citation: Sara Iglesias Sánchez and Diego Acosta, ‘Social Justifications for Restrictions of the Right to Welfare Equality: Students and Beyond´ in P. Koutrakos, N. N. Shuibhne and P. Syrpis (eds.) Exceptions from EU Free Movement Law. Derogation, Justification and Proportionality (Hart, Oxford, 2016), pp. 80-105.