According to Barroso’s Commission, 2006, The European Year for Workers’ mobility, "saw a gradual but steady change in the citizens’ attitude towards mobility", geographical, between companies and between industries. According to the latest Eurobarometer survey on employment, "three Europeans out of four acknowledge that mobility is essential in today’s labour market". Requests to the EU advisory service, EuropeDirect, and the use of the Eures portal, which matches job demand and supply within the EU, have increased. "In addition, the typical mobile worker has changed; now it tends to be younger and more skilled and tends to stay abroad for short periods". Obstacles to an actual "culture of mobility" have come to the fore, after all. "Apart from the traditional legal factors, regarding social security and the recognition of qualifications", two new problems have arisen: practical ones (home, language…) and psychological ones (the "comeback" factor). In 2007, the Commission "will start an ambitious action plan for mobility, in order to tackle these two issues".
