article_snippet: Jose Manuel Barroso said: ‘When you have 28 countries it will be impossible to say, let’s say, the French can come to Britain to work in the City but the Poles cannot come to Britain –
article_snippet: This will be a violation of the principles of no discrimination.
article_snippet: ‘Having said that, the European Union is very much aware that there is the abuse of social benefits.
article_snippet: If you have not the means to be in the country, you cannot go there just to benefit from the social security.
article_snippet: But you have the right, if you are a citizen of a European country to go to another country to establish there.
article_snippet: Witold Sobkow said as long as the principle of freedom of movement is not called into question, a deal can be reached to restrict migrants’ benefits.