Free movement: here to stay?

The author writes that bizarrely, we are approaching a referendum where most of the main protagonists have, at some point, claimed that the main issue with the current functioning of the European Union was free movement of workers; and yet none has a clear plan on when and how it should be modified, in or out; and, even if we do indeed vote to leave, the prospect of change in the near term seems to be receding steadily. It looks like free movement is here to stay.

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ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

Leave EU: The Market Solution. An exit plan for the UK, January 2016 http://www.eureferendum.com/documents/flexcit.pdf

ESO: Background information: Why David Cameron’s four-year benefits plan won’t reduce EU migration http://www.europeansources.info/record/why-david-camerons-four-year-benefits-plan-wont-reduce-eu-migration/

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 27.01.16: A double bind: Cameron urges non-discrimination in one policy area, while wanting to discriminate in another http://bit.ly/1RNe1h9

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 16.02.16: One way or another, the UK’s referendum will settle whether British voters support free movement http://bit.ly/1PYCluM

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