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'Interesting to see if municipalities around Europe use today’s verdict in farming sector' (Photo: Cédric Puisney)

EU court upholds prostitutes' language rights

EU judges have said a Dutch mayor is right to insist brothel owners can speak to the prostitutes they work with in a common language to help stop abuse. 

The ruling on Thursday (1 October), by the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice, represents a rare meeting between EU single market freedoms and Europe’s sex industry. 

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

'Interesting to see if municipalities around Europe use today’s verdict in farming sector' (Photo: Cédric Puisney)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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