On Thursday 15 June, the European Parliament's civil liberties committee adopted, by a large majority (45 votes in favour, 10 against, with 2 abstentions), its negotiating position with the member states on the work permit for attracting highly-qualified workers from non-EU countries – the famous “Blue Card” directive that the Commission revised in 2016, as part of its Agenda on Migration (see EUROPE 11567).
The EU-wide revised rules for awarding the blue cards will replace the...