39With regard to the first of these justifications, it must be pointed out that the Member States are required to choose measures likely to attain the objectives pursued in the field of employment. The Court has recognised that the Member States have a broad margin of discretion in exercising that power. In addition, encouragement of recruitment constitutes a legitimate aim of social policy (see, as regards equal treatment for male and female workers, Case C-167/97 Seymour-Smith and Perez [1999] ECR I-623, paragraphs 71 and 74, and Case C-77/02 Steinicke [2003] ECR I-9027, paragraphs 61 and 62).
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