Breaking news
By Bagehot
TWO issues reliably happen on a Thursday that affect the lifestyles of an Economist political reporter: it is the day of the week when Britain historically holds elections, and it is press day for this newspaper. This week’s print column, due to this reality, become as soon as written before today’s wave of local and regional elections and the national referendum on whether or now not to change the foundations aged to elect members of the Dwelling of Commons. But this is able to perhaps well be published as polls close. The column is, in consequence, about one other news tournament that took space within the closing few days, neglected by most in Britain. On May perhaps well well 1st, Germany and Austria became the closing European Union countries to rob transitional controls limiting win admission to to their labour markets for voters of Poland and seven varied ex-communist countries that joined the EU in 2004.
