EU economy: Opening up to eastern workers?

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"EU economy: Opening up to eastern workers?
February 15th 2006

FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT

The issue of labour mobility in the enlarged EU is set to heat up in the coming weeks, as the governments in the old EU member states prepare to decide whether to renew restrictions on workers coming from the new eastern and central European members. Earlier this week, Finland became the latest country to say that it would consider opening its labour market to the new member states from May this year, joining Portugal and Spain. The announcement came days after the European Commission published a report arguing that concerns over a possible influx of workers from the east had not been borne out."