EPISODE · Mar 20, 2013 · 23 MIN
Victor Ponta - Prime Minister of Romania
from The Interview · host BBC World Service
At the end of 2013, Romanians will be able to live and work in any EU country they want to. All work restrictions, imposed by some countries when Romania and Bulgaria joined the union six years ago, will be lifted. There were worries then that workers from those two impoverished European states would flock to richer nations, and such concerns have not gone away. Zeinab Badawi speaks to Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta. He's on a mission to restore his country's image. Can he succeed?(Image: Prime Minister of Romania Victor Ponta. Credit: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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At the end of 2013, Romanians will be able to live and work in any EU country they want to. All work restrictions, imposed by some countries when Romania and Bulgaria joined the union six years ago, will be lifted. There were worries then that workers from those two impoverished European states would flock to richer nations, and such concerns have not gone away. Zeinab Badawi speaks to Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta. He's on a mission to restore his country's image. Can he succeed?(Image: Prime Minister of Romania Victor Ponta. Credit: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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