Polish plumber
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The Polish plumber and the Polish builder are stereotypes of cheap labour coming from Central and Eastern Europe to work in Western Europe. They are both a symbol of the fear that cheap Eastern Europe
Polish tourism poster featuring a Polish plumber. Caption: "I remain in Poland, do come over en masse."
Bolkestein directive
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The Bolkestein directive or Services Directive, officially Services in the Internal Market Directive 2006/123/EC, is a European Union law aiming at establishing a single market for services within the
Polish plumber
…In 2004, a European Union law known as the Bolkestein Directive was drafted, which aimed at establishing a single market for services in the EU which would allow workers to move freely between countries of the…
Frits Bolkestein
French and Belgian trade unions protesting against the directive in Brussels on 19 March 2005
Protests against the directive in Strasbourg on 12 February 2006