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Brexit game changer? EU chiefs tight-lipped as pressure mounts for free movement reform


EUROPE’S free movement rules could be set for fundamental reform under proposals which would have a transformative effect on any future negotiation of a free trade deal between the EU and Britain.

Eurocrats refused to be drawn today on dynamite plans by Austria that would put an end to the issue of wage undercutting by workers from other member states which has proved so unpopular with ordinary voters.

Vienna said it was fundamentally “unfair” that workers predominantly from neighbouring Eastern Europe were willing to take jobs for lower pay at a time when unemployment amongst its own population is rocketing.

Any move to restrict the movement of low-skilled labour would be one of the biggest shake-ups of free movement rules in the bloc’s history and would address key concerns voiced during Britain’s referendum campaign, but it would likely be ferociously opposed by eastern European members

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