LABOUR ACTIONS CAUSING CONCERNS.

• Position: BusinessEurope - Brief article

Recent actions to prevent the "legal employment of foreign European workers" have caused "great concerns" among the members of BusinessEurope. The EU's biggest business lobby says it "understands" workers' concerns "in the face of the economic crisis," but believes that protectionist reactions are "unacceptable". Accordingly, BusinessEurope says that the European Commission should give "a clear signal that violations of fundamental treaty freedoms cannot be tolerated". They call protectionism "counter-productive," and say that a "well-functioning" single market is "key for the creation of more growth and jobs in the EU". "In this context...