Court of justice of the European Communities - Family Reunification and the Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights, Judgment of 27 June 2006, Case C-540/03, Parliament v. Council

You may not have noticed, but 2006 was the European Year of Workers' Mobility. The symbolism was prompted by concerns that a genuine European 'mobility culture' still does not exist. As the Commission has observed, rates of mobility remain extremely low despite initiatives to promote the free movement of workers: 'Many obstacles of a legal or administrative nature, but also of a linguistic or socio-cultural nature, continue to hamper workers' freedom of movement and to discourage them from taking advantage of the opportunities for mobility. © Asser Press 2007.