New EU 5-year strategy

Europe's lawmakers are to officially accept the next 5-year strategy today. The agenda includes support for an Energy Union, but with environmental goals included. The strategy also outlines stipulations regarding the free movement of persons and rules regarding employment within the EU, according to a forsal.pl news story. The energy union will focus on limiting dependability on Russian gas imports, while setting ambitious environmental goals. Poland continues to oppose strict emission standards and will have a chance to veto the strategy in an October meeting. Regarding energy policy, Poland received most of its key points. There will not be a common purchase of gas, but all of the countries gas import contracts will be transparent. The second part that was important for Poland was the migration and employment policy, strongly curtailed by Great Britain, who wanted to limit the free movement of workers. The EU upheld the need for employment of Union member state's citizens in any country within the EU, but added a mention of the need for curtailing unfair tax and benefit compensation for citizens who work outside of their country.