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"Mr President, the European Commission has tabled a report regarding the operation of restrictions on access by citizens of the new Member States to the labour market in the countries of the Fifteen. This report proves conclusively that concerns about opening up the labour market were unfounded. The scale of the influx of workers to the old countries is fairly small, and the countries that opened up their labour markets have benefited in many ways as a result.
Unfortunately, despite these clear conclusions most of the remaining Member States still wish to retain the current restrictions for several years. Why, in the light of the findings of its own report and in its role as the guardian of the Treaties, is the Commission not taking a much stronger line in pressing for discriminating restrictions on access to the labour market in the remaining Member States to be lifted? I would also like to enquire why the retention of these restrictions is condoned. Not only do they run counter to the provisions of the Treaties and the spirit of European integration, but they are also slowing down the Union’s economic growth, making it less competitive and creating the conditions for aberrations such as undeclared labour and fictitious self-employment.
I trust the Commission will make a determined effort to ensure these harmful restrictions are lifted."@en1
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