Brussels, 18/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek repeated his country's firm opposition to Germany and Austria's demands of negotiating - in the context of enlargement negotiations - transitional periods to temporarily limit the free movement of persons (and, notably, workers) of the future Member States of Central and Eastern Europe, following their membership of the EU.
To request a seven-year transitional period, as Chancellor Schroeder recently did,...