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When Poland was admitted to the European Union, politicians across Europe viewed the prospect of Poles moving into their countries with xenophobic disdain. In 2005, Philippe de Villiers, leader of France's Euro-skeptic Mouvement pour la France, darkly warned of the "Polish plumber and Estonian architect" triggering "the demolition of France's social and economic model." Before the E.U. admitted 10 new members in 2004, populist fears of unwashed hordes stealing jobs from locals led most of the old E.U. countries, including Germany, Austria and France, to seal their labor markets. In the end, only three...
...Euro The single currency - introduced on Jan. 1, 2002, and now used by 315 million people in 13 countries - did more than eliminate those tiresome collections of small coins that we used to bring back from vacation. By making prices transparent, the euro made the single European market a reality...
Listen to the rhetoric of politicians across Europe and you won't hear the relationship between Poles and their host countries described in such friendly terms. In 2005, Philippe de Villiers, leader of France's Euro-skeptic Mouvement pour la France, darkly warned of the "Polish plumber and Estonian architect" triggering "the demolition of France's social and economic model." Before the E.U. admitted 10 new members back in 2004, populist fears of unwashed hordes stealing jobs from local workers led most of the old E.U. countries, including Germany, Austria and France, to keep their labor markets closed...
...since, despite complaints about the euro, there have been no such drastic side effects. From retail sales to savings patterns, the data appears normal. "There are no indicators that something terrible happened," says Enrico Giovannini, the former head of the Italian statistics office who now works at the O.E.C.D. in Paris...
...Queer Eye” and “Project Runway,” as well as many men sporting the “Stanford Blatch” look, made famous by the “Sex and the City” character: bald, scarf-wearing, dark plastic glasses. Pulsing Euro beats pump into the small tent, overwhelming the audience as they await the start of the show.Tim M. Gunn, “Project Runway” personality and fashion guru, sits front row center, in a fitted grey pinstripe jacket, surrounded by the who?...