20/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - Final adoption of the directive on the European “Blue Card”, a work permit for highly qualified immigrants, is due on Monday 25 May during the Agriculture Council. It will take two years for the text to take effect in all member states. Adoption of the text, which had been ready for several months, had to wait as the Czech EU Presidency hoped entry into force of the Blue Card would coincide with the lifting of restrictions imposed by some member states on...