Free movement of persons in the European Economic Area (EEA) – different from the EU?

Free movement of persons continues to be debated in the UK after the Brexit referendum and the EEA Agreement is often referred to regarding the UK's future relationship with the EU. This post intends to address two differences in the right to free movement of persons in a model of association with the EU outside membership – the EEA Agreement compared to the right to free movement of persons in the EU.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: The 'EEA minus' option: amending not ending free movement http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eea-minus-option-amending-not-ending-free-movement/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background Information: Theresa May has two clear options on Brexit – neither of them easy http://www.europeansources.info/record/theresa-may-has-two-clear-options-on-brexit-neither-of-them-easy/

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