Freedom of movement of workers as a condition for implementing the Europe 2020 strategy for employment and growth
SEER. Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe
2013
16
4
393-401
economic and social cohesion ; economic growth ; employment ; freedom of movement ; labour market ; migrant worker ; poverty ; skill ; social exclusion ; sustainable development ; Europe 2020
Human rights
English
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"This article aims to analyse freedom of movement of workers in the context of the new strategies for EU growth and employment. Freedom of movement of people, especially workers, is one of the four freedoms of the EU internal market. Migrant workers who move to another member state enjoy certain rights stipulated by EU laws and are important in terms of fulfilling the employment gap and creating new jobs. Europe 2020 is the EU's growth strategy for the next period and embodies five ambitious objectives – employment; innovation; education; social inclusion; and climate/energy. Each member state has adopted its own national targets in each of these areas, while concrete actions at EU and national levels underpin the Strategy.These goals will not be fulfilled if freedom of movement is not realised, whereas the agenda for new skills and jobs has the objective of creating the right conditions to modernise labour markets. The author goes on to analyse the elimination of impediments to freedom of movement regarding the goals set in the new strategy."
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