Brussels Moves to Ease Recognition of Non-EU Qualifications

The European Commission this week proposed legislation aimed at making the recognition of professional qualifications easier for non-EU citizens, according to The Local Italy. The measure addresses a complaint the outlet describes as common among people who have moved to the bloc from outside it: that credentials earned abroad are slow, costly or simply impossible to have validated.

The proposal is a European instrument, not an Italian one, and it would apply across the twenty-seven member states. For Italy, where EU rules on the free movement of professionals already sit alongside a separate national system for recognising foreign degrees, the practical effect would depend on how Rome transposes the measure.

The Local Italy frames the change as a response to a recurring grievance among foreign residents, rather than as a completed reform. The Commission's text has been proposed, not adopted; it must still pass through the ordinary legislative procedure involving the European Parliament and the Council.