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You can move freely amongst counties in the Schengen Area, which is a subset of EU counties (which itself is a subset of European counties).

> The free movement of persons is a fundamental right guaranteed by the EU to its citizens. It entitles every EU citizen to travel, work and live in any EU country without special formalities.

Source: https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/border...

As an aside, this was a hotly contested subject during the UK EU “Brexit” referendum.

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You can move freely among EU countries, not just Schengen countries. Schengen isn't just a subset of EU countries -- it's many EU countries and some non-EU countries, and it's to do with a lack of border checks rather than the basic freedom of movement right.

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> You can move freely among EU countries, not just Schengen countries.

Kind of. There are passport checks and you have no automatic right to work (which is what the GP was discussing). So in practice no you can’t.

> and it's to do with a lack of border checks rather than the basic freedom of movement right

It’s both. As the link I posted clearly states