Barton works as a freelance reporter covering stories in State F, a member state of the EU. Her revealing stories, which she sells to a variety of progressive independent newspapers throughout the EU, have caused a great deal of embarrassment to a certain minister in the State F government, and the minister has asked the State F parliament to pass a law forbidding foreign news reporters from working in State F without the permission of that minister’s office.

Parliament has asked State F’s attorney general for an opinion on the legality of the minister’s request in light of State F’s membership in the EU. What advice should the attorney general give Parliament? Discuss.