On November 11, 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) ruled in Elisabeta Dano, Florin Dano v. Jobcenter Leipzig that “economically inactive” citizens of the European Union are not required to receive economic assistance from other Member States under the Directive on Free Movement of EU Citizens (the Directive).  According to the press release, Germany is not required to assist Romanian nationals who traveled to Germany and requested economic assistance reserved for those actively seeking employment.  The Court stated that the Directive “seeks to prevent economically inactive Union citizens from using the host Member State’s welfare system to fund their means of subsistence” and allows “domestic legislation which excludes nationals of other Member States from entitlement to certain ‘special non-contributory cash benefits’, although they are granted to nationals of the host Member State who are in the same situation.”