Press Release: Free movement of workers is good for Europe’s economy

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Series Details IP/08/1729 (18.11.08)
Publication Date 18/11/2008
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A European Commission report published on 18 November, 2008, showed that mobile workers from the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 have had a positive impact on Member States' economies and have not led to serious disturbances on their labour markets. Workers from the EU-8 as well as Bulgaria and Romania have made a significant contribution to sustained economic growth, without significantly displacing local workers or driving down their wages. Both for the EU as a whole and for most individual countries, labour flows have been limited compared to the size of labour markets and to inflows from non-EU countries.

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European Commission: MEMO/08/719: Employment in Europe 2008 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/719&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
European Commission: MEMO/08/718: Commission report on transitional arrangements regarding free movement of workers http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/718&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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