In T.G. v. Minister for Social Affairs and Employment, the CJEU ruled that Member States may not
impose disproportionate financial penalties on beneficiaries of international protection who fail to complete mandatory
civic integration programmes. Drawing from previous case law, such as Haqbin, Saciri, and Tarakhel, the Court
reaffirmed that access to integration is a right, not a reward, and that economic sanctions risk transforming a support
measure into a barrier. The judgment represents a step forward in shaping an EU-wide standard on integration
grounded in legal dignity, feasibility, and non-punitive conditionality. Yet it leaves unresolved questions about how
national authorities should assess hardship and adapt enforcement to individual circumstances.