Brussels, 13/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced on Monday that France would proceed to a “gradual and controlled lifting of restrictions on the free movement of workers from eastern Europe and the new Member States of the EU”. He explained that, “the lifting of these restrictions mainly involves certain professions experiencing recruitment problems” and that “its modalities will be discussed with social partners”. The 15 “old”...