Belgium to open labour market for Czechs in May

Belgium will lift labour market restrictions in May for Czechs and citizens of other new members of the EU, the Belgian daily La Libre Belgique reported on Thursday. Belgium is one of the four old member states of the European Union that has kept work restrictions for countries that joined the EU after the fall of communism. Denmark had announced earlier it would also lift the restrictions at the beginning of May. The only two EU countries that require Czech citizens to have special work permits are now Germany and Austria.

Author: Jan Richter