EU seeking skilled immigrant workers / Business Week, 26 September 2007
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8RT6BE80.htm
JAN SLIVA
"European Union lawmakers have backed plans for an EU-wide work permit to attract skilled workers to offset labor shortages in the 27-nation bloc due to falling birth rates and demographic shifts. A proposal to introduce an EU "blue card", inspired by the US Green Card, is to be presented by the European Commission on Oct. 23. It aims to attract engineers, IT specialists and other highly qualified workers from Asia, Africa and Latin America, who currently prefer Northern American and Australia over Europe."