Transitional controls in place since 2007 limit the number of Bulgarians and Romanians who can seek work in the UK and in other EU nations, but they will come to an end at the start of 2014.
Transitional controls in place since 2007 limit the right of Bulgarians and Romanians to take certain types of jobs in the UK and in other EU nations, but they will come to an end at the start of 2014.
Well, I am told that would run into all sorts of legal obstacles, both in the UK and in respect of EU law, because it would be seen as a significant infringement of their commercial freedom.
People from Romania and Bulgaria have been free to live in the UK and anywhere else in the EU since 2007, but in the UK have either had to apply for one of the limited work permits available, have been self-employed, or worked in specific jobs such as in seasonal agricultural or as domestic servants.
People from Romania and Bulgaria have been free to live in the UK and anywhere else in the EU since the countries joined the EU in 2007, but in the UK they have either had to apply for one of the limited work permits available, be self-employed, or work in specific jobs such as seasonal agricultural or as domestic servants.
But strict rules govern which foreign criminals can be removed from the UK - those who have their family life in the UK, and in particular those from EU countries, are among the hardest to remove on human rights grounds.
The President's press secretary, Jay Carney, has said that he welcomed the Prime Minister's call for Britain to remain in the European Union, adding that the US believed the UK was stronger for being in the EU, and the EU was stronger for having the UK as a member.
Keith Best, chief executive of the Immigration Advisory Service, said the problems had been caused by the end of embarkation controls, in 1994 for people leaving the UK for the EU, and in 1998 for the rest of the world.
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It said all flight deck crews had since been assessed for competence in the UK, Germany and other EU states.
The biggest net contributors (those who pay in more than they get back) are: Germany, the UK, France and Italy but EU Commission data shows that in terms of per capita contributions the UK is sixth, after the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Finland.
Official unemployment figures in Romania are actually lower than those in the UK. In contrast, when Poland joined the EU in 2004 and triggered an exodus to Britain, unemployment there was sky high.
If you're First Minister of one of the two regions in the UK that are net recipients in terms of EU funding, it sounds unwelcome and dangerous.
He said supporting the City was in the national interest, as the UK accounted for 40% of all financial services business in the EU and he turned on Labour's record on bank regulation in government.
And there is little patience in Brussels for the UK's desire to both preserve its influence in the two-tier EU and repatriate several policy areas.
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Even though ex-UK PM Gordon Brown (Labor) first pushed for an FTT in the EU and G-20 a few years back, a new Tory-PM Cameron-led UK is dead set against FTT and bashing banks and traders.
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"I am confident that if there is to be a referendum one day, the UK citizens will decide to stay in the EU and contribute to shape its future, " he said.
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"I am confident that if there is to be a referendum one day, the UK citizens will decide to stay in the EU and contribute to shape its future, " Mr Monti said.
Ex-Labour cabinet minister and EU commissioner Lord Mandelson has acknowledged that voices calling for the UK to retain and extend its influence in the EU have been "relatively muted and relatively less well-organised" than their opponents.
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This would apply, for example, to a UK businessman working in Dubai and paying taxes there whose partner remains in the UK with their children, or to an EU national working in the UK whose partner has substantial earnings in their home country.
The GAMM was first proposed in 2005 when the UK held the presidency of the EU and Mr Clarke was home secretary.
But the Efta was less powerful and so the UK joined the EU in 1973 - followed in 1994 by other Efta members including Sweden.
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Both were quick to add that they'd rather the Prime Minister negotiated a better deal that allowed the UK, and Wales therefore, to stay in the EU. But an economic disaster if we leave?
Payments will be made to British, EU and EEA victims resident in the UK for at least three years prior to the attacks who "continue to have an ongoing disability as a direct result of the injuries they sustained", he added.
How would the transition in farming and fisheries work, as the UK extricated itself from common EU policies?
If the Commission is unsatisfied with the response it could take the case to an EU court and perhaps force a change in UK law.
He said he doubted whether the Nordic countries, with their generous social welfare, would accept the UK unilaterally diluting workers' rights and still remaining in the EU single market.
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But fellow Tory Bernard Jenkin said less than 10% of the UK's trade in manufactured goods was with the EU and the single market could not be the "overriding consideration" when deciding the UK's national interest.
Alcohol duty fraud in the UK often involves exporting alcohol to the EU - untaxed - and then bringing it back into the UK with false paperwork.
The PM has said leaving the EU and negotiating trade agreements would leave the UK in the worst of all positions where it would still be bound by many EU rules but unable to influence its decisions.
Responding for the government, Europe minister David Lidington said the EU had flaws and drawbacks but continued membership was in the UK's national interest.
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