Cameron, Merkel united on EU immigrant welfare abuse
London (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that EU countries needed to address abuse of the freedom of movement between member states, as she sought common ground with Britain's David Cameron.
Merkel held talks with the British prime minister at his Downing Street office in London, where they agreed the European Union's keystone principle of freedom of movement was sacrosanct.
However, she said abuse of welfare entitlements needed to be examined so the principle could prevail.
Cameron is pushing for a series of EU reforms as he bids to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the bloc, then hold a referendum on the outcome.
"As David quite rightly said, we have no doubt about the principle of freedom of movement being in any way questioned but we also have to look at abuse of that," Merkel told a Downing Street joint press conference. ...
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