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Thread: EU blocks plan to give pensioners free travel

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    Quote Originally Posted by forest
    The enlargement agreements (as already mentioned several times on this board) allows for restrictions of labour til 2011 a referendum is not needed in order to for the EU to enlarge at the moment

    Also enlargement and labour rules have not a lot to do with free travel to pensioners

    Nobody questioned a referendum for enlargement. But what exactly are the "accession" states (was Ireland ever an "accession" state?) signing up to? Is the the Treaty of Rome, Amsterdam, Maastricht, Nice etc..etc because you would be hard pressed to find a provision for restriction of labour movement in Treaties that are geared to de-restrict the movement of labour? Therefore Poland must have signed up to something else, could it be the second tier of Europe?
    Is Poland a full and equal partner in the EU, or are conditions placed upon the Polish people that are not placed on other EU states, such as Ireland?
    Are EU goods made in Germany restricted from Polish markets for a period or do they have full EU access to the Polish market?

    Yes, give us full access to your markets, and maybe, somtime in the future you can have full access to our markets.
    Equal partners my foot, it is a capitalist two-tier Europe driven by elitists out of reach and out of touch with common Europeans.

    e.g. Maastricht Treaty in Denmark
    Nice Treaty in Ireland
    EU Constitution (clearly banished by the Dutch and French yet despite the EU's own rules it will undoubtly resurface again and again until it is sold to the Yes voters)
    Restrictions on the movement of labour, no restriction on the movement of goods.

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    Ah, if only Charlie was still around... Great for the old people.... Only for him we'd freeze in the Winter and never be able to get the bus out to see our grandkids.....
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    The EU should stop this interference in our internal affairs.
    The political establishment lacks both vision and courage.

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