b'Because access to the Single Market requires that you abide by the principles of free movement of labour, capital, services and so on, so if we want to retain access to the Single Market there will need to be free movement of labour.There was a particularly egregious example from Alan Johnson MP, head of Labours pro-EU campaign, who said in Newsnight interview on 13 January 2016: But all the models that say youre outside Europe but you still take advantage of this huge biggest commercial market in the world, bigger than the US, bigger than China, involve free movement. These statements are untrue. China andPresident-elect Juncker responded:the United States, for example, have access to the Single Market. Even if Ms.On the free movement of workers, which Leadsom meant tariff-free accesswhichis a fundamental right. This is something is absolutely not what the then Economicthat goes right back to the Treaty of Rome. Secretary to Treasury statedover 100I dont believe everyone that is moving countries have trade arrangements with thearound the European labour market are EU, encompassing tariff-free access to theparasites or are criminals trying to abuse Single Market to a greater or lesser degree.the welfare systems they find wherever In other words, what might be termed thethey go. There are only 2.5% of people Leadsom doctrinethat free movementmoving at all, whereas in the United (of people) is a prerequisite to access toStates, Canada and Australia there is far the Single Marketis demonstrably andmore labour mobility than in Europe. So palpably FALSE.we are really only talking about a marginal issue. There are instances of abuse and Nonetheless, the EU Commission perceivesthose have to be tackled. I am in favour of the free movement of people as essentialfree movement of workers, I certainly dont to continuing membership in the politicalwant to facilitate the actions of people constructand superstate in the making thatwho want to abuse the systems but its is the EU. In July 2014 the author asked thenup to the member states in their national President-elect of the Commission, Jean-legislation to adopt the different practices Claude Juncker, the following question:and policy guidelines to make sure that the abuses do not occur. Apart from that Do you still consider free movementI have to say I am struck by the way this of people within the European Union asdebate has developed in recent years. fundamental, even though there are nowEver since I have been in the council, I am very large differences of national incomea veteran a dinosaur arent I, I have always between countries in the EU?heard our British colleagues arguing for enlargement. When it happened to come about they thought it would develop deepening but once enlargement has taken place, they say actually no we dont112'