[mytailorisrich]

> The Dutch government can and does, for example, tax non-Dutch citizens extra amounts for healthcare, and/or remove them from the country. It can, and does, regulate how the non-Dutch can rent or buy property and where. The only thing it cannot do is stopping people from entering the country from another member country to look for a job, or stop them from getting such job. Everything else is fair game.

No. EU/EEA citizens must be treated as local citizens, and there are very strict and limiting rules on deporting an EU citizen (so yes, they can deport you but only if you meet a pretty high threshold of creating problems and abusing the local benefits system). They have obviously more freedom over non-EU citizens but still that is limited since discrimination based on nationality is generally illegal. I don't think that renting or buying property is restricted, at least as long as the person is a legal resident when it comes to renting (same as here in the UK).

As an example, this is why when the UK was an EU member EU citizens from the EU could study in Scottish universities for free (equal treatment with local residents under EU law) while residents of England could not (Scottish law)!