Labour mobility within the European Union: Findings, stakes and prospects.

From: International Labour Review | Date: December 22, 2000| Author: VANDAMME, FRANCOIS | Copyright information

FRANCOIS VANDAMME [*]

The Member States of the European Union (EU) are committed to ever-closer political union between their peoples and to the objective of a common internal market. The achievement of labour mobility between Member States was expected to present a number of advantages within this dual programme. The free movement of labour within the Community was the first major achievement of Community social policy. However, this form of freedom, later extended to a...

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