With German plans to curb 'benefit tourism' and Osborne writing about EU fairness with Schäuble relations appear to be warming
The British government has a new best friend, and it won't let anyone else leave the playground before they've heard all about it. Since rolling out "the reddest of red carpets" for Angela Merkel last month, no further sign of the new British-German alliance has been allowed to pass without fanfare in London.
The German government's unveiling this week of national measures to curb "benefits tourism" was hailed by allies of David Cameron as a sign that the prime minister was "winning support" in Europe. Never mind that the German government also released a report that put the supposedly widespread abuse of the welfare system into perspective: Bulgarian and Romanians only make up 0.7% of benefits claimants in Germany. Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.
The British government has a new best friend, and it won't let anyone else leave the playground before they've heard all about it. Since rolling out "the reddest of red carpets" for Angela Merkel last month, no further sign of the new British-German alliance has been allowed to pass without fanfare in London.
The German government's unveiling this week of national measures to curb "benefits tourism" was hailed by allies of David Cameron as a sign that the prime minister was "winning support" in Europe. Never mind that the German government also released a report that put the supposedly widespread abuse of the welfare system into perspective: Bulgarian and Romanians only make up 0.7% of benefits claimants in Germany. Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.