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>The government could give the indigent vouchers to use the pay toilets. Wouldn't work in Europe - Art. 18 TFEU.

by mrleiter 10y ago

informatimago 10y ago
Hence BREXIT, and why all EU countries should consider exiting from the EU!
- wtfishackernews 10y ago
  Leave the EU to get toilet vouchers? Sounds like a bad deal to me.
- dom0 10y ago
  Do you know what Article 18 of TFEU says? > Within the scope of application of the Treaties, and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein, any discrimination on grounds of nationality shall be prohibited. > The European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, may adopt rules designed to prohibit such discrimination. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:12008E018 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:120...
  - Wildgoose 10y ago
    Except that "any discrimination on grounds of nationality" is clearly NOT prohibited, the obvious example being Scottish University Tuition Fees. These are free for Scots, free for other residents of the EU, reduced rate (not Free) for Welsh and Northern Irish, and a special higher rate is applied solely to students from England, i.e. those with English nationality. What was that about discrimination on grounds of nationality again? Strictly, yes, I know, it's discrimination on nation of residence rather than individual nationality. Nice trick. Guess where the English tend to be resident? Yup. England.
pdpi 10y ago
I don't buy it. For that to be discriminatory, progressive taxes would be, too.
oelmekki 10y ago
Wait, how does giving free tickets to indigent people relates to segregation based on nationality? Btw, here in France, we give a lot of free stuff to people in need, and we certainly won't allow this to be prohibited by European treaties. So yeah, providing free tickets for toilet is indeed a solution that can be considered.

>The government could give the indigent vouchers to use the pay toilets. Wouldn't work in Europe - Art. 18 TFEU.

informatimago 10y ago

Hence BREXIT, and why all EU countries should consider exiting from the EU!

wtfishackernews 10y ago
Leave the EU to get toilet vouchers? Sounds like a bad deal to me.
dom0 10y ago
Do you know what Article 18 of TFEU says? > Within the scope of application of the Treaties, and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein, any discrimination on grounds of nationality shall be prohibited. > The European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, may adopt rules designed to prohibit such discrimination. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:12008E018 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:120...
- Wildgoose 10y ago
  Except that "any discrimination on grounds of nationality" is clearly NOT prohibited, the obvious example being Scottish University Tuition Fees. These are free for Scots, free for other residents of the EU, reduced rate (not Free) for Welsh and Northern Irish, and a special higher rate is applied solely to students from England, i.e. those with English nationality. What was that about discrimination on grounds of nationality again? Strictly, yes, I know, it's discrimination on nation of residence rather than individual nationality. Nice trick. Guess where the English tend to be resident? Yup. England.

pdpi 10y ago

I don't buy it. For that to be discriminatory, progressive taxes would be, too.

oelmekki 10y ago

Wait, how does giving free tickets to indigent people relates to segregation based on nationality? Btw, here in France, we give a lot of free stuff to people in need, and we certainly won't allow this to be prohibited by European treaties. So yeah, providing free tickets for toilet is indeed a solution that can be considered.