On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 07:47:30 -0500, Cub Driver
wrote:
the freedom to get a job in another EU country
applies to the military as well.
Wow. No wonder the Brits are uneasy about their membership in the
Community.
My first reaction was what they would do when thousands of Turks
turned up at the recruiting office ... then I remembered the Ghurkas.
(And the Irish.)
Freedom of travel and employment and enlistment into British forces
for citizens of Ireland/the Irish republic predates the EU measures by
some margin, going back to the 1922 Anglo-Irish treaty.
Gavin Bailey
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