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Tuesday November 14, 2006 12:27

by Paula Geraghty

mspgeraghty at yahoo dot ie

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A photo essay from a recent visit to Bulgaria.

Recently, the British and Irish governments announced restrictions to our new EU member countries, workers will need visas to work here.
On Channel 4 news a Polish shopkeeper had said those from former communist bloc were ‘used to barriers’. The Wall may be gone but plenty more barriers have replaced it.

In Bulgaria almost everything is for sale. Live your dreams and be an investor. If the market has excluded you from playing the game in the west, play in the Balkans. The average wage seems to be €150 a month. A home costs €40,000. Doctors earn €300 a month, corruption is rife in the Health Service, and Bulgarians fear an exodus of the very skilled on the 1st of January 2007.

Newspapers report about the new colonies of the west in their country. Pensioners on €60 to €80 a month are tempted by, in their terms, vast sums to sell their homes so as not to be a burden on their families.

Little Britains and Irelands are dotted around the landscape pushing natives out, but not into the EU.

The crudity of neo-liberalism is fostered and rights pushed aside. I saw many beautiful things but the despair of the most marginalised leaves a greater mark.
(c)

Thanks to the Campaign Against the EU Constitution for hosting an exhibition of some photographs recently.
http://www.caeuc.org/

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#	Title	Author	Date
1	Bulgaria.com	Paula Geraghty	Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:38
2	Whats your point	So What	Tue Nov 14, 2006 23:24
3	so what!!!!	Madigan	Wed Nov 15, 2006 17:12
4	Yes it is	So What	Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:24
5	compliment	madigan	Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:44
6	Irish are the new landlord class.	i fell off the property ladder	Thu Nov 16, 2006 13:36
7	So??	Filipa	Fri Jun 15, 2007 23:19
8	I'm sorry Filipa (obviously a bulgarian) thinks that - but I'm glad to see Paula's article pinged.	bulgar wheat	Sat Jun 16, 2007 00:41

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