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Did anyone notice that Germany proposes to delay accepting Polish workers? Germany as part of “Old Europe” opted out of entertaining the hard working, and cheaper,  Poles when Poland joined the EU, Now Germany wants to postpone the 5 year period for another 2 years! Oh brotherly love!

Germany, the largest economy in the EU, is not planning to open its labor market to Poles as of May 1 as previously anticipated.

Poland will have to wait two more years – until the middle of 2011 – as German Chancellor Angela Merkel fears the economic crisis. In line with the accession treaty, each of the ‘old’ EU countries could keep the ban on employment for new member states for five years since expanding the EU.