Analysis of Implications of EU Enlargement in 2004 on UK Economy

On May 1, 2004 the European Union (UN) has been enlarged to comprise additional ten countries with combined population of almost 75 million people. Specifically, new countries that formally entered EU consist of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta. This important geo-political event has had significant implications on national economic, social and political life of all original member countries of the EU (Europa, 2013, online).This essay analyses the impacts of EU enlargement on the state of national economy in the UK focusing on labour migration. The essay starts with discussions about the reasons for the enlargement of EU in 2004. This is followed by analysis of implications of enlargement of EU to the state of national economy in the UK as compared to expectations.

Moreover, the essay is going comprises the overview of measures initiated by the UK government in order to address the potential negative implications of the EU enlargement on the state of the national economy in the UK. The essay is concluded by discussing various scenarios in the development of immigration policies in the UK with the aims of protecting national economy from negative impact of a range of internal and external factors.

After the fifth EU enlargement in 2004, the majority of Western European countries (EU15) have introduced temporary restrictions on the movement of individuals from newly EU member states in order to protect their national economies from the large uncontrolled inflow of low-skilled immigrants. Such restrictions were not applied only by the UK, Ireland, and Sweden (Longhi and Rokicka, 2012), and the implications of this government decision for the UK are assessed further below.

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