Belgium took a very positive decision for Bulgarian and Romanian jobseekers by adopting the same approach as to the eight Central European countries that joined in 2004, the ambassador of the country here commented in an exclusive interview for novinite.com.

Ambassador Beke pointed out that the EU treaty sets forward transitional periods for free movement of workers, which says that the citizens of Bulgaria and Romania are subject to a 2+3+2 scheme, during which the national legislation remains in place.

"Belgium's national legislation remained in place for the eight Central European countries from May 1, 2004 onwards and has now been transformed in a selective labour market approach. Belgium allows these workers without any supplementary permit for so-called bottleneck jobs, these are jobs for which there are hardly any qualified candidates to be found in the country."

Next to this scheme, today all foreign workers that have a contract with a company or that are working for a subsidiary under the so called detachment directive or are self-employed, can also work freely.

The Ambassador recommended that Bulgaria considers ways of integrating the jobless people into the local economic life and securing enough expertise to serve all companies.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!