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An American citizen can freely move to any state in the United States. A citizen of European countries may or may not be able to freely move to other European c
by notyourwork 7y ago
An American citizen can freely move to any state in the United States. A citizen of European countries may or may not be able to freely move to other European countries without citizenship related changes, visas or other sponsorship.
- petschge 7y agoWithin the EU movement if fairly unrestricted and does not require anything that you listed. Go check http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-movement-of-persons http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-m...
- sp332 7y agoSchengen includes some non-EU countries and still excludes a bunch of European countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Schengen_Agreement_Labelled_Map_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Schengen_Agreement_La...
- gbrown 7y agoEven within the EU? I thought that was largely the point.
- pushpop 7y agoYou can move freely amongst counties in the Schengen Area, which is a subset of EU counties (which itself is a subset of European counties). > The free movement of persons is a fundamental right guaranteed by the EU to its citizens. It entitles every EU citizen to travel, work and live in any EU country without special formalities. Source: https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/schengen_en https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/border... As an aside, this was a hotly contested subject during the UK EU “Brexit” referendum.
- timoth 7y agoYou can move freely among EU countries, not just Schengen countries. Schengen isn't just a subset of EU countries -- it's many EU countries and some non-EU countries, and it's to do with a lack of border checks rather than the basic freedom of movement right.
- pushpop 7y ago> You can move freely among EU countries, not just Schengen countries. Kind of. There are passport checks and you have no automatic right to work (which is what the GP was discussing). So in practice no you can’t. > and it's to do with a lack of border checks rather than the basic freedom of movement right It’s both. As the link I posted clearly states
- orf 7y agoYep, that’s why I said “the EU”, not Europe, where freedom of movement is a fundamental right. Anyway, for immigration that’s a bit moot as there is a universal policy for EU member states. Which was a contentious issue during Brexit.