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Monday 01 Feb 2016 - 13:05 Makkah mean time-22-4-1437
London, (IINA) - The European Council President Donald Tusk has agreed on Sunday that Britain meets the requirement that will allow London to curb in-work benefit payments to EU migrants, Sputnik News reported citing a Downing Street spokesperson.
Brussels said earlier that it was mulling a four-year "emergency brake" on benefits to new EU migrants, but only if London proves that the UK welfare system is under excessive strain.
"On welfare, the Commission has tabled a text making clear that the UK’s current circumstances meet the criteria for triggering the emergency brake", UK Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesperson said in a press release. "This is a significant breakthrough, meaning the Prime Minister can deliver on his commitment to restrict in-work benefits to EU migrants for four years”.
Cameron and Tusk met in London on Sunday in a bid to finalize a batch of draft proposals for EU reform in four areas, set out by the UK prime minister.
Cameron’s office said that much had been done but "there is still more hard work required", including on economic governance and abuse of free movement, meaning Britain has to do more to close backdoor routes into its territory for undocumented non-EU migrants.
Officials from Brussels and London are expected to meet on Monday to resolve all outstanding issues. On Tuesday, the European Council president will circulate the resulting draft text to all EU member states.
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