Freedom of movement is an absolute cornerstone of the EU
i suppose its cheaper and easier to do that than spend billions on redeveloping the poorer countries in the EU so its citzens wouldn't go and move to el dorado !

its that someone on a workpermit has to work and pay taxes for 5yrs to be able to get recourse to public funds , and your spouse had 2 pay taxes for 2yrs, now that's going to be 5yrs but a European in the UK can claim them virtually straight away..

its unbelievable