Two German students, who brought a legal action against their regional governments for being refused a grant to study in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands back in 2004, have just won the case. As reported in EurActiv, the German regional governments had refused giving the grants because according to German federal law, this training abroad must represent a continuation of at least one year of study in Germany. On 23 October, the European Court of Justice ruled that "the German federal law on education and training grants restricts freedom of movement for citizens of the union."
This is not the first time that origin or host countries have been criticized for impeding the free movement of students around Europe. The European Court of Justice already condemned Belgian and British laws in similar cases.
