28As a preliminary point, it is clear from the Courts case-law that the encouragement of recruitment constitutes a legitimate aim of social policy and that, in choosing the measures capable of achieving the aims of their social and employment policy, the Member States have a broad margin of discretion (see, inter alia, Case C-167/97 Seymour-Smith and Perez [1999] ECR I-623, paragraphs 71 and 74, and Case C-187/00 Kutz-Bauer [2003] ECR I-2741, paragraphs 55 and 56).
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