{"id":18938,"title":"Are the Four Freedoms in the EU Inseparable?","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/europe-in-the-world\/the-four-freedoms-in-the-eu-are-they-inseparable\/","date":"6. April 2018","date_unix":1523000336,"date_modified_unix":1754482342,"date_iso":"2018-04-06T07:38:56+00:00","content":"
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In the publication series \u201cEuropa briefing\u201d our colleagues from „Repair and Prepare: Strengthen the Euro<\/a>„, a joint project between the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Jacques Delors Institut \u2013 Berlin, cover key topics of European politics and present possible scenarios. What is the problem? What might happen next? And what can politics do now? Each week, we will present one of these briefings for you on this blog. Alternatively, you can click here<\/a> to find all the Europa briefings on the website of the project. The Europa briefings were published first in November 2017<\/em><\/div>\n
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This Week’s Briefing: The four freedoms in the EU
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The four freedoms govern the movement of goods, persons, services and capital within the EU. They are the cornerstones of the Single Market and the common currency. Many citizens see them as the greatest achievement of the European unification project. Brexit has reignited the discussion surrounding the free movement of people – that is the opportunity to live and work in any EU country. Technically speaking, it is possible to separate the four freedoms, but does it make political sense?<\/p>\n

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To get the answers to all these questions and more, simply click on the download window above to read the full brief.<\/p>\n

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\u201eThe Europa briefing series is published as part of \u201cRepair and Prepare: Strengthen the euro\u201d. For this project, the Bertelsmann Stiftung has joined forces with the Jacques Delors Institut \u2013 Berlin to provide a roadmap for a stronger Economic and Monetary <\/span>Union. You can find all briefings and further publications on the future of the Eurozone on the website of the project <\/span>www.strengthentheeuro.eu<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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The four freedoms serve as the cornerstones of the Single Market and the euro. This briefing looks at the crucial question whether the (technically possible) separation of the four freedoms would make any political sense and examines the consequences such a decision would bear. <\/p>\n","thumbnail":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/04\/171109_JDL_Twitterkachel_Four_Freedoms_1_Edited.jpg","thumbnailsquare":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/04\/171109_JDL_Twitterkachel_Four_Freedoms_1_Edited.jpg","authors":[{"id":3177,"name":"Katharina Gnath","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/blogger\/katharina-gnath\/"}],"categories":[{"id":597,"name":"Europe in the World","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/category\/europe-in-the-world\/"}],"tags":[{"id":151,"name":"Publications","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/tag\/publications\/"}]}