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What I don't get about all this is that within the EU there is supposed to be free movement of labor. How is that possible under rules that force people to move from place to place?

I know the EU is not supposed to be the United State of Europe, but isn't this sort of like saying that people from, say, Missouri, can't move freely to, say, Illinois?

by asdf on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 07:54:31 PM EST
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There is Schengen, the agreement about open borders; and there was an agreement regarding temporary labour market limitations, lasting a maximum of seven years from accession. Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU on 1 January 2007, and they are set to join the Schengen zone only next March.

This also means that Sarko's deportations are a bizarre show: all the deported will be able to re-enter legally and without any controls in half a year's time at the latest.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sun Sep 5th, 2010 at 05:40:30 AM EST
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I think Illinois might like it ....

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Sep 5th, 2010 at 05:51:36 AM EST
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