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| Opening and Restrictions on the European Labor Market |
| (2012-01-04) |
| Last updated: 2012-01-05 13:54 EET |
Several EU states have announced they will maintain restrictions on their labor markets in 2012 for Romanian and Bulgarian workers, citizens of the last countries to join the EU, in 2007. That is in spite of the fact that both the European Parliament and European Commission have been pleading for lifting those restrictions.
The countries that continue to apply restrictions are bound to announce this to the European Commission, and to submit proof that they have problems on their labor markets, whose liberalization may present a threat. So far, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Austria have submitted notifications by which they announced they plan to maintain restrictions.
Labor Commissioner Laszlo Andor said late last year that it would be difficult for Austria and the Netherlands, two countries with a low unemployment rate, to prove that they would have serious problems regarding labor. In December the European Parliament passed a resolution which calls, among other things, for abolishing restrictions, invoking studies to this effect presented by the European Commission.
According to studies, the free circulation of Romanian and Bulgarian workers in countries allowing it has led to an economic growth of 0.3% in EU countries, and has not had a significant impact on the rate of unemployment in the destination countries. European Commission spokesperson, Ryan Heath, has said that there are states that will lift restrictions.
Ryan Heath: ‘Nine member states have sent in notifications on their wish to maintain restrictions totally or partially. We are analyzing requests to clarify each case, and we will have an exact view by the end of this week. What we know is that the Czech Republic, without notification, informed us that they will be lifting the partial restrictions in place until January 1st”.
Restrictions have also been lifted for the approximately one million Romanians in Italy. Until the end of last year, Romanians could work in farming, tourism, home care or cleaning, as well as constructions. Once the labor market was completely liberalized on January 1, 2012, the president of the Association of Romanians in Italy, Eugen Terteleac, believes that a new wave of Romanians may arrive in the Peninsula:
Eugen Terteleac: “This is a victory for Romanians in Italy, for their power of association, because they never ceased asking for their rights. It seems normal to me that such a strong community, which contributes fully to Italy’s economic development, should have free circulation in all labor segments. I am sure that this will help Romanians very much, that this will also be a stimulus for the Romanian political class, because this liberalization means a new wave of migration for Romanians in Italy. “
Denmark, which took over the EU presidency from Poland on January 1st, announced it would continue its efforts to improve control on EU borders, that it would continue its efforts to contain migration, considering that Denmark has some of the most restrictive labor market policies in Europe. In Bucharest, Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi announced that one of his priorities for 2012 is to liberalize labor in the community.
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