På den ene side er arbejdsmarkedet, Schengen-området, fortsat lukket for de nye medlemsstater, og direktiverne om arbejdskraftintensive tjenesteydelser og udstationering af arbejdstagere er meget restriktive.
However, there is a contradiction: on the one hand, the labour market, the Schengen zone, remains closed to the new Member States, and the Labour-Intensive Services and the Posting of Workers directives are very restrictive.