Holidays abroad is one thing but work is another. EU citizens prefer to be jobless at home rather than in work in a neighbouring EU state. EuroparlTV investigates why.

Focus: Home is best

Hello and welcome to Focus,   our weekly in-depth analysis.

can changing countries increase   the chance of finding work?

Or is it pointless to move if the economy   has seized up everywhere?

Why do we have so little workers' mobility

when freedom of movement is   one of the cornerstones of the EU?

What isn't working?   Let's find out what our guests think.

We have put in place.   I think it is up and running,

a hotline which will link up with   psychologists outside the company

and are there to listen to employees   who have problems.

We congratulate management for finally   considering the human dimension.

That doesn't mean the company has   the trust of employees.

The management must propose   an industrial plan.

Work is both personal   and collective well-being.

But when it's organised so that there's   disdain for individuals work can kill.

Very few Europeans   work in a different Member State.

Only 2% of workers live and work   in another EU country.

It would make the economy   more competitive.

This 53 year old French photographer   left everything and moved to Belgium.

He's not about to go back and forth   between France and his new home

so he's sold everything   to set out on this adventure.

After two years of indecision,   he's decided to become his own boss.

We're driving to the shop   I bought just a year ago.

It's in Rue du Page. We'll drive   around the block to park the car.

Guy has changed career. He's given up   photography to become a shopkeeper

Once you reach a certain age,   if nobody offers you work,

So you must be able to   sniff out opportunities.

That's what takes time   when you move to a new town.

You need to find out who is doing what,   and how, find a place to live,

and find something to do that you enjoy.

Different languages and cultures   are barriers to workers' mobility.

This is a new experience for Guy   and Belgium was a natural choice.

Brussels sprang to mind   almost immediately,

It's less terrifying than moving to London   if one's English isn't up to scratch,

or Amsterdam, which is a charming city   but would be even worse

According to a survey carried out   by Eurobarometer,

the most positive reactions   to workers' mobility came from Denmark,

Sweden and Ireland, while the Greeks,   Cypriots and Belgians

There are 24 people in this classroom,   ready to try working in another country.

They're all jobseekers and are taking   a course to be able to work

outside their homeland, which is Belgium.

This course is funded by authorities   who wish to promote workers' mobility.

What we're trying to do is help people   leave who don't have the means to do so.

So not just graduates,   but those with fewer qualifications.

It's an opportunity and this experience   will teach them to be more independent,

When they return, they're   more autonomous, more in charge.

Between now and 2013, the EU wants   50,000 adults to benefit from training

so that workers' mobility   becomes a reality

and to create a true European   jobs' market.

Whether the EU is doing all it should   to achieve this is another matter.