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August 23, 2017

France's Macron heads east to tame flow of cheaper workers

By VANESSA GERA
Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for tighter European Union rules to protect workers in France and other prosperous countries in Western Europe from cheaper labor stemming from the continent's eastern nations.

Macron is set to raise concerns over so called “posted workers” with several leaders in Central Europe as he makes his first visit to the region this week. His stance threatens fresh tensions in a bloc already strained by competing national interests after disputes over migrants and Britain's vote last year to leave the European Union.


 
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