Spain will now require Romanians to have a work contract before settling in Spain and reverses a two and a half year moratorium that gave Romanian workers unrestricted access as fellow members of the European Union.
The EU commission recognised that the measure was necessary “due to serious disturbances on the labour market in crisis hit Spain,” said a statement released by Brussels, Thursday.
The approval running to the end of 2012 marks the first time the “safe-guard clause” to restrict freedom of movement by EU member citizens has been invoked.
Spain suffers from the EU's highest jobless rate, running at over 20 per cent since May last year and rising to more than 30 per cent among Romanian nationals currently settled there.
The free movement of citizens from a new member state can only be restricted under certain conditions and Spain was asked to provide data to justify the implementation of the emergency curb.
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