Germany: the Council of Ministers adopts an “action program” to appeal to skilled workers

Following the joint proposition made by Wolfgang Schaüble - Home Secretary - and Olaf Scholz - Employment Minister - the Federal Council of Ministers adopted, on July 16, 2008, a series of measures destined to bring foreign skilled workers in Germany. In addition, the Council confirmed that the German labor market wouldn't be totally open to citizens from the new EU countries until 2011. (Ref. 080593)
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Faced with the German economy’s constant need for highly skilles workers, the government finally decided to make the conditions for skilled and graduate workers to come work in Germany more attractive. These measures are mostly designed for third-country nationals with a higher-education degree and/or with high-level professional experience. Indeed, as the Federal Council of Ministers pointed out, average workers from new European countries won’t be able to access the German employment market u

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