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German gov't ministers come out against EU 'blue card' proposal | ||
2007-10-26 | ||
Education and Research Minister Annette Schavan said EU countries would decide individually on their own rules for admitting skilled workers. The German government believed that the education and training of German residents should have priority, she told the Passauer Neue Presse newspaper.
Economics Minister Michael Glos and Labour Minister Franz Muentefering, who is also Chancellor Angela Merkel's deputy, have rejected the EU plans. Glos has pointed to a decision taken by the cabinet in August to ease restrictions on admitting workers from the new EU members in Eastern Europe. This measure takes effect on November 1. Muentefering criticized Frattini's plans as long ago as September, saying the matter was "not a European Commission issue but for national parliaments and governments." The blue card put forward by Frattini and endorsed by Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso would allow skilled workers from abroad to work in the EU and to bring their families with them. Where most older EU members have now largely opened their borders to residents from the Eastern European countries that joined the 27- member bloc in 2004, Germany is retaining restrictions until 2009 and may extend them for a further two years. | ||
Posted by:Seafarious |
#3 Visigoths, meet Rome. Rome, Visigoths. |
Posted by: Excalibur 2007-10-26 13:20 |
#2 And so goes the death of independence in Europe. This is actually very funny. "...said EU countries would decide individually on their own rules ..." But once someone is in the EU they are free to go anywhere. So, the EU's policy is that of the lowest level country. No country can raise the bar on their own. Some jerk gets let into the UK, the Germans can't stop him from moving there. I've never seen a slow motion implosion before. |
Posted by: AlanC 2007-10-26 13:14 |
#1 Kinda like a green card. Only, y'know, blue. |
Posted by: Injun Slinerong7258 2007-10-26 02:04 |