Immigration and the UK’s Referendum Vote – EU attitudes are more fluid, but barriers to change remain substantial

In his second blogpost about the UK government’s renegotiation strategy, Frank Vibert looks at the minefields surrounding British efforts to restrict the free movement of EU citizens into the UK under the Single Market provisions. Although EU all member states are now looking again at immigration and border controls, and the salience of these issues is now very high across the continent, Treaty constraints on the UK’s demands are still restrictive.