Cameron And The Eu

[-SharonA-]

Can someone explain in plain English this situation with the EU. I don't follow politics and it goes over my head sometimes.

But what I understand is that, Cameron wants to stop people coming into the country from claiming benefits for 4 years. Why is the EU so opposed to that. From what I understand and I could be wrong, most of these countries don't have a benefits system in place!!! So why is the EU so up in arms about this. Are they willing to install a benefits system and pay out in their own country??

If I have got the wrong end of the stick, please let me know.

[Khandro]

The opposition to it comes from representatives of countries like Poland, obviously because so many of their citizens benefit from the arrangement.