Commissioner Reding lays down the law

That would be the unelected Commissioner Reding. She's the Justice Commissioner, by the way.

Henk Kamp, Holland's minister for social affairs and employment, recommended expelling EU migrants from the newer member states who had been unemployed for more than three months, and cutting benefits for those who failed a Dutch language test:

We need to avoid migrants who decide to live here for a longer period of time not being able to integrate and ending up on the margins of society

What does Unelected Commissioner Reding think of this view - stated by someone who has actually been elected?

The Commission has a number of concerns about the proposed Dutch measures. All EU citizens must be treated equally, and there can be no discrimination based on nationality.

That's core to the doctrine of the EU.

There can be no discrimination based on nationality.

Remember that next time a UK manufacturing contract goes to Germany. Don't blame a drafting error by the officials who drew up the contract.

If you support EU membership, you agree that nationality is outmoded.

Now go and defend that on the doorsteps. Not keen?

You may find people agreeing more with the Dutch MEP who said

We don't want jobless Poles, Romanian beggars and people from North Africa or Turkey in Europe.

(For an MEP he seems hazy about where Europe's borders are, but you get his point.)