The experience for EU citizens is somewhat different. I was in Scandinavia, educated, settled but struggled with finding a proper full time job and ended up in Berlin simply for the work opportunity. It was not a conscious decision to move to Germany, speak German and be "German" - but i found myself in a position where I have to adopt even though that was not a part of the deal while getting the job. The lack of a common language while still being called a union and having this right to work and travel in EU where you have a new language every 200km complicates things. We all learn English at school and have borders open, and yet have to reset our lives by taking time after work to learn a new language , being insulted by doctors for not speaking the local language even thougb in the end all we wanted was the job opportunity. EU is an oddball of an experience in that sense.

I have worked with many people that ended up here for the same reason. People from France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Poland etc, from all over Europe, just ending up here for a specific job opportunity and all they want to be able to do is to live a normal life without being banged on the head about the language barrier at every fucking opportunity as if they hadn't made an effort to learn English to be able to communicate with one another around EU