Bulgaria criticises Europe over job restrictions

Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov today criticised EU nations for imposing job restrictions on Bulgarians, arguing that a free flow of labour between the Balkan country and other EU members would benefit the bloc.

Only 11 of the 27 EU member states, mostly those that joined the bloc in 2004, have opened their job markets to Bulgarians for fear of an influx of cheap labour, despite indications that few Bulgarians would seek work in the West.