Comparing the economic development and current situation of the internal markets of the U.S. and the EU, two things are … noticeable. On the one hand, the EU is conducting massive regional policy programmes (notably the Structural Funds) to foster …-average GDP per capita while in the EU approximately 31\% of the total population lives in such regions eligible for structural …

The EU Directive on Free Movement of 2004 extended free movement within the EU to Union citizens who are inactive and …