Brussels Proposes Easier Recognition of Non-EU Qualifications

The European Commission has proposed new legislation to make the recognition of professional qualifications easier for non-EU citizens, according to The Local Italy. The outlet reports that the proposal, put forward this week, responds to a complaint commonly raised by people who have moved to the bloc from outside it: that credentials earned abroad are slow, costly or impossible to have accepted in Europe.

The measure is a draft, not law. The Commission's proposal now enters the ordinary legislative process, where the European Parliament and the member states will each have their say. The Local notes only that the legislation has been proposed; it does not report a timetable for adoption, and no implementing detail for individual member states has been published in the coverage available.