SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration

Long-term residents, work of EU Council differs from that of European Parliament on minimum period of residence required

Brussels, 29/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

While the European Parliament adopted, on Tuesday 28 March, its mandate on the revised directive on the status of long-term residents (LTRs) in the EU(see EUROPE B13151A7), the Member States continued their work on the same day on the basis of new ideas presented by the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council.

The Swedish Presidency proposed, among other things, adjustments to the calculation of the length of residence required to obtain LTR status and the type of residence permit that can be...