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"Thank you, Commissioner, for that answer. Your colleague, Commissioner Vitorino, has also answered this question very comprehensively and skilfully in the past, arguing that the wild numbers predicted for Portugal when it joined the European Union were way off the mark. We are now witnessing the same phenomenon with predictions for movement of labour from the accession countries.
My point is that I would not ask the Commission to give out information which it has no legal requirement to provide. I am glad of the cooperation between the Commission and Member States. But there is real confusion. The noble aim of enlargement has led to confusion among people on the ground – European citizens – who are now anxious about the extreme predictions of the numbers of people who will come. I do not agree with these extreme predictions, but the Commission has a role to play in giving out sensible information about what we can expect and what it will mean for free movement and, indeed, for benefits regimes – although this is a matter for Member States. That is not coming through collectively.
On a more positive note, I would ask about movement the other way – people from existing Member States who, for example, would like to retire in Cyprus or work in Poland. We are getting enquiries about that positive element of movement. Will the Commission provide information?"@en1
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