Press Release: Straw announces free movement of people rights to EU candidate countries on accession

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Series Details 10.12.02
Publication Date 10/12/2002
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In a written ministerial statement to Parliament, the UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, annouced on 10 December 2002, that citizens of the new EU member states would gain the same full rights to work in the UK as enjoyed by existing EU citizens from the date of their planned accession on 1 May 2004, rather than having to wait for two to seven years.

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