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Know your rights as an EU citizen
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Are you moving within the European Union? Are you looking for work in another EU country, or are you setting up shop? Is your employer turning you into an expat? Do you want to spend retirement in another EU member state? Are there family reasons for...
EU free movement of persons and services: Have qualifications, will travel?
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The EU Commission has published a report on how things turn out in practice for mobile professionals: Internal Market: Commission publishes reports on how Professional Qualifications Directive works in practice (22 October 2010, press release IP/10/1...
Moving abroad? Working abroad?
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Are you moving to another country in Europe and wondering about the practical formalities for your family, work, car or healthcare coverage? Your Europe helps you understand your rights and find practical tips when you move around the EU. Watch those...
We are all Roma now
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Recent events in France, Italy, Denmark and elsewhere have shown that discrimination against Roma is growing. But the Roma are a vanguard experiencing the prejudices any European citizen might come to face in another country - we must act to defend t...
Students, Free Movement, Discrimination and Restrictions: Case C-73/08
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The Court of Justice has handed down an important and interesting judgment on the right of a member State to restrict the number of students coming from other member States. In its judgment in Case C-73/08 Nicolas Bressol and others...
Angles, Saxons, Inequality, and Educational Mobility in England and Germany
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Good politics has always seen well-funded, public provision of education as a vital pathway to delivering the Good Society. This article draws on recent evidence from Germany and the UK to show that even in more equal societies, such as Germany, atte...
Moving to Brussels, Part 2
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Well it’s official – I signed the lease for a studio apartment in the St. Catherine area of Brussels yesterday. Flat-hunting turned out to be relatively painless. I looked at some really nice places. It’s insane how cheap rent is in Brussels, i...
Council waters down conclusions on researchers mobility
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I have already commented on the first draft of the "Council conclusions on mobility and career of European researchers" in January and my verdict was very negative. But now the Council plans to water down the issue I thought was one of the most impo...
Discrimination frustrates free movement in the EU
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The free movement of people has been an aim since the 1957 EEC Treaty. Discrimination on grounds of nationality has been prohibited for as long. Directive 2004/38 on the right of the citizens of the (European) Union and their family members to move a...
Freedom of Movement – Yes, but…
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I had a very interesting discussion on twitter with @npanayotopoulos, @EULondonRep and @MiaLeenaSofia about EU mobility and practical obstacles when moving around Europe. If you are a regular reader of this blog you are probably aware of the fact th...
Moving on up
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Just had a discussion on Twitter with @npanayotopoulos and @kosmopolit about the problems faced when someone moved from one European country to another. Moving to the UK, you are often required to provide referees to rent – how do you get those...
Europe view no 165
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Europe.view Steamy scenesDec 30th 2009 From Economist.comBracing northern habits reach south-west LondonYOUR columnist has recently moved house. Although his new garden is small, it does have enough room for a small hut, painted black and concealed b...
Living in the EU: Maintenance obligations
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Basically the nation states have made laws for domestic situations, but people are more versatile than that. They conduct business and live their lives across borders. For instance, about eight million EU citizens live in another member state than th...
The Eurogeneration on the move - emigration of young people from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe: an opportunity or a threat?
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Dear babelians, It is all good that United Europe offers opportunities for increased mobility of young people, to live, work and study in other European countries. The mobile, well-educated and multilingual Euro-enthusiast aged 18-35, this is in my...
