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How does this affect freedom of movement of workers? Could we not have freedom of movement with slightly different laws in different countries? Does every little thing relating to the labour market need to be regulated centrally?

It's just one of those things that always goes in one direction. Central regulation is just piled on.

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This assures that workers from poorer countries are not put in sweatshop positions in the west. Just basic human dignity.

Centralised "right to disconnect" regulation is what will protect workers from sweatshops?

I'm not saying there should be no labour regulations in EU, just that there is a lot of detailed regulation that is more appropriate to do on a national level where it can take local culture and priorities into account. And the fundamental EU principle of non discrimination based on nationality should ensure that for example a Rumanian worker in France has the same "right to disconnect" as a French worker.

I can't see why Swedes can't decide that they don't mind work emails during the weekend while Germans decide they want to have email free vacations.

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