On 28 March, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties adopted the report by Damian Boeselager (Greens/EFA, German) on improving the status of long-term residents in the EU by 36 votes to 13 with 16 abstentions (see EUROPE B13076A14).
The adopted report foresees that a long-term permit can be granted after 3 years of legal residence in a Member State, as opposed to 5 years in the European Commission’s text. It will be possible to grant it to persons with...