43In that regard, it should be borne in mind that while budgetary considerations may underlie a Member State’s choice of social policy and influence the nature or scope of the social protection measures which it wishes to adopt, they do not in themselves constitute an aim pursued by that policy (see, to that effect, Case C-187/00 Kutz-Bauer [2003] ECR I-2741, paragraph 59, and Case C-196/02 Nikoloudi [2005] ECR I-1789, paragraph 53). Reasons of a purely economic nature cannot constitute overriding reasons in the public interest justifying a restriction of a fundamental freedom guaranteed by the Treaty (see, by analogy, Case C-109/04 Kranemann [2005] ECR I-2421, paragraph 34 and the case-law cited, and Case C-384/08 Attanasio Group [2010] ECR I-2055, paragraph 55).
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