33Thus, the Court has repeatedly held that the aim of Article 45 TFEU would not be met if, through exercising their right to freedom of movement, migrant workers were to lose social security advantages guaranteed to them by the laws of a Member State. Such a consequence might discourage European Union workers from exercising their right to freedom of movement and would therefore constitute an obstacle to that freedom (judgment of 1 October 2009, Leyman, C‑3/08, EU:C:2009:595, paragraph 41 and the case-law cited).
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