cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/45605798
Australians love hopping over to Europe [and Europeans over to Australia] for a holiday, but actually moving there isn’t so easy, at least for now.
That could soon change, with the European Union offering to make it easier for Australians to live and work across the bloc as part of a long-awaited trade deal with Canberra, sources familiar with the proposal say.
The plan would make it simpler for Australians to take up work in EU member states without needing to secure employment beforehand, with the same rules applying to Europeans heading to Australia.
Four-year limits have reportedly been floated, along with potential settlement pathways, one European source said.
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The Albanese Government is weighing the offer, with Australian officials noting it could help fill labour shortages in sectors with comparable training standards, such as construction.
NewsWire reports the initiative was presented as a “sweetener” to bring Canberra over the line on a free-trade agreement.
A majority of EU nations last week backed a trade deal with a five-member bloc in South America, ending 25 years of talks and fuelling optimism that an agreement with Australia could be next.
European insiders said a pact with Canberra now ranks as Brussels’ “top priority,” with one adding it was “the next cab off the rank.”
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If anyone wants to come claim the USA as part of this, the key is under the rock to get in. We will need help removing the current and unwanted occupants, but a large number of us would gladly accept open trade and work with the EU.
- also, it seems that some idiot landing in a boat some 250 years ago and claiming the land, doesn’t really matter. So, remove the pests and claim it as new Europe.
If we get enough countries over time and the EU ends up encompassing the whole world it could become the Everybody Union and that would be cool.
Idk man, sounds suspiciously close to a New World Order… /s
I would very much want to see the same for Canada. But Canada would have to first change it’s open border policy with the chuckle-fucks to the south. Don’t want to give those nut-jobs an easy round-about into the EU. MAGALAND --> CANADA --> EU
We’re one step closer to eliminating the challenges faced by people who accidentally flew to Austria or vice versa
This is hilarious!
First, Eurovision, then free movement/trade…soo…ya gonna join the EU club at some point, no?
It would be absolutely hilarious if it ends up being easier to enter the EU via Australia than the UK.
Absolutely deserved though.
NewsWire reports the initiative was presented as a “sweetener” to bring Canberra over the line on a free-trade agreement.
Not against the free movement part, but I am not looking forward to relearning the words for even more of the products I grew up with. EU GI regulations are utterly stupid.
You mean words like Prosseco? That’s the thing mate we did it first in Europe. Also “sparkly wine” is denominated by region and method: Champagne, Cava, Prosecco, Riesling; and the nwar furure apperantly something like “Auzzy Sparkly”. Doesn’t seem so difficult to me.
