Overview of the Special Issue
| DOI | 10.1177/138826271601800201 |
| Published date | 01 June 2016 |
| Date | 01 June 2016 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
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OVERVIEW OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE
T E *
Abstract
e aim of this Special Issue is to desc ribe and analyse the responses of residence-
based social security schemes in relation to free movement as it is formulated in
EULaw. e articles contain accounts on how legislative changes in residence-based
schemes have been made in various EU Member states and re ections on how these
changes have led to changes in the values under pinning social security systems in
these countries. is introduction address the issues on how f ree movement creates
pressure on national law, and gives an overview of the c ontent and aims of the Special
Issue.
Keywords: con icts between nationa l law and EUlaw; free movement; reforms of
social secur ity; residence-based schemes
1. INTRODUCTION
is Special Issue focuses on how residence-based social secu rity schemes have
reacted to legal developments concerning EU citizenship and the free movement
of persons. It is well known that the development of case law concerning the right
to free movement and equal treatment for EU citizens, together with an expanding
scope of the Regulation 883/04 have trig gered discussions of ‘social tourism’ in severa l
Member States.
In May 2015, a workshop was organised at the University of Gothenburg, where
invited scholars presented papers on the react ion of national law to legal developments
at the EU level. e participants represented countries using residence-based
schemes: the Netherlands , the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark and Sweden. e
overarching objective of the workshop was to describe and analyse the reactions of
residence-based schemes to the f ree movement of persons within the EU. is Special
* Associate Profes sor of Public Law and Head of the Dep artment of Law, School of Busines s,
Economics and Law, Universit y of Göteborg. Address: Vasagat an 1, 40530 Göteborg, Sweden;
phone: Phone: +46 31 786 5189; email: thoma s.erhag@law.gu.se.
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