Red and green lights for EU nationals working in Poland

This stance has been criticized by business associations. The list of countries whose citizens will not be able to freely work in Poland covers 16 states, excluding UK and Ireland. The accession treaty gave Poland the right to use such retaliatory measures to protect its own labor market. This steps will be somewhat relaxed with regard to some countries, such as Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway. According to Rzeczpospolita sources, the decree will be officially published next week. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A5) M.M.