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The opening borders for Romania and Bulgaria

At January 1st the Dutch and other North-European countries will be fully opened for Romania and Bulgaria. That was four days ago. The inhabitants of Romania and Bulgaria will now be able to travel throughout the Europian Union freely and, like other EU-citizens, try to find a job in the Netherlands. What consequences will this new regulation have? And what do the proponents say? What are the points the opponents are trying to make?The opinions are widely divided not only in the Netherlands but moreover in the whole of the EU. Since January 1st the borders have been opened so in fact there is not really much the opponents of this regulation can do against the immigration of Bulgarians and Romanians. The minister of Social Affairs stated recently in the NRC – a Dutch newspaper- that the borders have been opened too early. He also claims that there is one big problem that's caused by the free traffic within the European Union. He says that it is causing a downward spiral in the working conditions. These working conditions get worse because most of the Romanian and Bulgarian employees are able to work for a lower wage than the Dutch employees. Exploitation of the EU employees could be one of the negative consequences of this regulation. Exploitation is of course gruesome and is not the purpose of the opening of borders within the EU, that is also the statement minister Asscher is trying to make. Another statement the opponents give is that through the open borders the Bulgarian or Romanian employees could snaffle the jobs of  citizens in our country. Due to the fact that in some regions the unemployment rate in the Netherlands is pretty high they do not want more employees searching for a job in their sector.    On the other hand, the European Union was constituted in such a way that borders were gradually opened in order to force countries to work and do business together more freely. According to economists free trade is beneficial to all participants, leading to more international trade, specialisation  and economic growth. Therefore there are positive as well as negative sides to this regulation. There is a lot to say about it and I think the discussion will not be ended by the opening of the borders.  
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