Brussels, 20/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder expressed the idea according to which the free movement of people (and, notably, of workers) from the candidate countries should be restrained during a transitional period of at least seven years after accession of the new Member States. We have known for a long time that Germany (as well as Austria) intend to call for transition periods for the sensitive issue, in order to protect their labour markets (notably in...