Question juridique clé
Whether the appellant had a right to retroactive social assistance payments for August to October 1999 during his stay abroad.
Solution extraite
No. The court held that he violated cooperation duties, did not establish need for the period in question, and could not rely on a protected expectation of continued payments.
Motifs extraits
He missed the agreed appointment, failed to make sufficient job-search efforts, and could not reasonably assume support would continue during a three-month foreign holiday. The alleged loan and equal-treatment arguments did not make the findings arbitrary or unconstitutional.