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...Though East Europeans have settled everywhere from Scandinavia to Spain, the most evident result of the decisions taken on enlargement has been a concentrated flow of Poles into Britain and Ireland. And although politicians and media in those countries warned that an influx of workers from Eastern Europe would undermine local economies, steal jobs and bankrupt the welfare system, the impact has been quite different. Polish migrants like Chudzicka have integrated seamlessly: 75%, in one survey, said the Irish have "made them feel welcome...
...continues to expand to the east, the toughest question facing its older members is whether to open labor markets. Among ordinary Europeans, opposition to enlargement has focused on the fear of losing jobs and the impact on expensive social welfare systems. (Despite their positive experience with Poland and other Eastern countries, both Britain and Ireland decided to maintain labor restrictions on Romania and Bulgaria for the time being.) For the moment, countries such as Germany and France are maintaining restrictions on labor from new member states - E.U. law permits them to do so until 2011 - but some experts are beginning...
That's why the Irish and British experience is of so much interest. Already Finland, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain have decided to follow suit and open their markets to the eight new members from Eastern and Central Europe who joined the E.U. in 2004. France, too, has eased some restrictions. All would do well to study the details of how Britain and Ireland coped. While granting admission to all workers, both nations restricted migrants' access to welfare, thus pre-empting claims that folks were coming as "welfare tourists" to leech off the system. At the same time, most...
...program, the big story surrounding the league was the talk of a conference tournament. Last Saturday, I got to attend the quarterfinals of a college basketball conference tournament in Boston. I got to see teams that I had seen and written about during the year, teams from the north-eastern part of the country, battle it out with the hopes of keeping their season alive and advancing to the promised land, the NCAA Tournament.So which Ivy League schools survived the day and extended their seasons? Penn? Princeton? Harvard?Alas, none of those teams, nor any other teams...
...training ground of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships this weekend at East Stroudsburg, Pa., Harvard showcased its best talent of the present and the future as two underclassmen wrestled their way into the finals and two seniors overcame temporary setbacks to finish third in their respective weight classes.All four qualified for the national championships in two weeks. Each wrestler now has his sights set on the national title, for which this tournament had been a warm-up.The EIWA sends the top four wrestlers in each weight class to the NCAA Championships with an additional seven wild card slots, making...