I think we sometimes underestimate the emotional attachment to the concept (as opposed to the institution) on mainland Europe. I remember reading an article that speculated that one of the reasons for German reluctance over free movement was the experience of West/East Germans. There are many people in Europe now for whom the cold war isn't that long ago.
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Originally Posted by Mick
Utter nonsense, you have Eastern EU citizens flocking here mainly from Romania, Bulgaria. Most do not work and just scrounge from the benefit system, This may be prosperous to them but not us when they're robbing and stealing from UK Nationals. Only the other day, my sister was telling me about one of her friends being approached by two Romanian women, they employed distraction tactics to try pickpocket her, but she knew their game they were playing and just pushed their hands away.
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Is that really true though?