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EU Blue Card Directive

2016/0176(COD)·8th term·EMPL / LIBE·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Workforce, occupational mobility, job conversion, working conditions · Free movement and integration of third-country nationals · External borders crossing and controls, visas · Migration policy
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): MORENO SÁNCHEZ Javier (S&D)
Summary

Legislative dossier revising the EU Blue Card Directive on the admission of highly skilled third-country workers. The amendments address salary thresholds set with the social partners, equal treatment and equal pay, the right to pursue self-employed activity in parallel, treatment of periods of unemployment, recognition of qualifications and professional experience, and employer responsibility and sanctions, with references to ISCO and ISCED classifications.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    9 Feb 2017 – 29 May 2017
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    15 Sep 2021 · On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 190
  3. Procedure completed
632
Amendments
distinct, in window
51
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
9 Feb 2017 – 29 May 2017
Dates

Plenary votes

2 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

  1. 15 Sep 2021Failedoutcome from totals
    On a motion to reject the proposal — amendment 189
    Official label: Rejet - Am 189 · what was voted ↗
    104 for572 against14 abstentions15 did not vote
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  2. 15 Sep 2021Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the provisional agreement negotiated with the Council (the trilogue deal) — amendment 190
    Official label: Accord provisoire - Am 190 · what was voted ↗
    556 for105 against31 abstentions13 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE599.545 ↗PE599.783 ↗PE599.784 ↗PE603.028 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

51 Members · by amendment count
1🇮🇹
Barbara SPINELLI
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Italy
193(86 solo)
2🇪🇸
Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Spain
90
3🇸🇪
Bodil VALERO
Greens / EFA · Sweden
90(90 solo)
4🇸🇪
Kristina WINBERG
European Conservatives & Reformists · Sweden
53(53 solo)
5🇫🇷
Nathalie GRIESBECK
ALDE · France
36(33 solo)
6🇫🇷
Patrick LE HYARIC
The Left (GUE/NGL) · France
31
7🇮🇹
Brando BENIFEI
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
28
8🇩🇪
Cornelia ERNST
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Germany
25
9🇵🇱
Kazimierz Michał UJAZDOWSKI
Non-attached · Poland
24(24 solo)
10🇪🇸
Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
23(3 solo)
11🇪🇸
Javi LÓPEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
22
12🇮🇹
Flavio ZANONATO
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
21
13🇭🇺
Kinga GÁL
Patriots for Europe · Hungary
21(21 solo)
14🇮🇹
Elena GENTILE
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
20
15🇫🇷
Joëlle MÉLIN
Identity & Democracy · France
19
16🇮🇹
Mara BIZZOTTO
Identity & Democracy · Italy
19
17🇫🇷
Dominique MARTIN
ENF · France
19
18🇵🇹
Carlos COELHO
European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal
19
19🇸🇪
Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT
European People's Party (EPP) · Sweden
19(9 solo)
20🇩🇪
Jutta STEINRUCK
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
17
21🇮🇹
Cécile Kashetu KYENGE
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
15(5 solo)
22🇩🇪
Monika HOHLMEIER
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
13(13 solo)
23🇬🇷
Miltiadis KYRKOS
Socialists & Democrats · Greece
11(5 solo)
24🇧🇬
Mariya GABRIEL
European People's Party (EPP) · Bulgaria
11
25🇦🇹
Heinz K. BECKER
European People's Party (EPP) · Austria
11(11 solo)

The amendments, in full text

632 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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