Perceptions on and Politicisation of Intra-European Mobility. The case of sending and receiving countries
The issue of intra-EU mobility has become heavily politicised as a consequence of, first, the 2004 and 2007 enlargements and the lifting in 2014 of the last restrictions on free movement and, second, the present economic crisis.
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CIDOB, sala Jordi Maragall, Elisabets 12,08001 Barcelona
CIDOB and University of Sheffield with the support of the Europe for Citizens programme
Free movement is not only a fundamental principle of the European single market but also a fundamental right of European citizens entitling them to move freely across borders and reside anywhere in the EU. Nevertheless, the issue of intra-EU mobility has become heavily politicised as a consequence of, first, the 2004 and 2007 enlargements and the lifting in 2014 of the last restrictions on free movement and, second, the present economic crisis.
This conference will discuss the current processes and dynamics of politicisation of intra-EU mobility both in sending and receiving countries: how citizens perceive the free movement of European citizens within the EU; how political parties and national media frame the mobility of EU citizens; how to explain the politicisation of intra-EU mobility in some countries more than others; and to what extent politicisation of intra-EU mobility relate to increasing inequalities in Europe, support for the welfare state and increasing Euroscepticism.