When U.K. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith last week urged British businesses to give preference to British workers when filling vacancies, the response was swift and unambiguous.
The major U.K. business organizations lined up to assert their need and right to employ the best person for the job, regardless of where they grew up. To do otherwise, they argued, would make it difficult for them to perform at their best and remain competitive.
British businesses may not be alone in the EU in seeking access to as large a pool of labor as they can get. But a troubling feature of the EU is that labor mobility is very low; even when they are unemployed and have little prospect of getting a decent job any time soon, many Europeans stay where they are.
Πηγή: The Wall Street Journal