Spain may open border to eastern workers

Spain may soon open its borders to workers from eastern European member states, according to news agency AFP.

The agency reports that Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero may make an announcement to his Polish counterpart Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz during a bilateral meeting on Thursday (9 March).

This is not the first time that there have been indications that Madrid is considering lifting barriers to workers from eastern Europe.

Last week Slovakia's deputy prim...