Germany: Berlin blocks for two years the access of its labour market to Bulgarian and Romanian citizens

e-europnews December 22, 2006, n°061295 -www.eeuropnews.com
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ing to the official statement of the ministry for Employment and social Affairs, Germany made certainly large progress when it comes to employment, but it is still too early to open its labour market to the nationals of the new EU Member States. The “controlled and limited” opening, used for the previous EU enlargement, is extended to Romanian and Bulgarian citizens. At the request of an employer or a professional federation, the federal State can indeed deliver work permits for well-delimited

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