用一位官员的话说,欧盟可能很快会怀念对于波兰管子工的争论。
In the words of one official, the EU may soon be "nostalgic" for quarrels over Polish plumbers.
他们曾担心工作会被来自新成员国的低薪水的人拿走(所谓的“波兰管子工”威胁),这种担心已经被对来自新成员国的贫困移民的更深层次的反应所取代了。
Worries about jobs vanishing to lower-paid new members (the "Polish plumber" threat) have given way to still more visceral reactions to poor migrants from the newest member states.
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