February 19, 2004

Political issues

Free movement of labor, redux

by Scott MacMillan

On the previously mentioned subject of Europe’s “free” movement of labor (and the possibility of a massive influx of cheap labor from the east come EU accession time) here’s an article I wrote on the topic in November for Czech and Slovak Construction Journal (for some reason the article’s not posted online).
If you’re too [...]

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January 22, 2004

Political issues

Welcome to the EU, suckers

by Scott MacMillan

NOTE: The first version of this post contained a factual error. I’ve corrected it. The Hungarians and Poles did, in fact, successfully negotiate a transition period for their VAT laws.
One of the big items in the Czech papers yesterday was the fact that most restaurants and bars will raise the price of food on [...]

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