A proposal by two German cabinet officials to make Germany more attractive for highly skilled workers has been rejected by Chancellor Angela Merkel in favor of the European Union blue card. The EU blue card is an initiative to attract highly skilled professionals from outside the 27-member bloc.

The Guardian has an opinion piece up which paints a darker picture of skilled immigration into the European Union, saying that the EU is sifting potential migrants with skills from those without, regardless of their need to immigrate.

Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform (ELDR) party, says that successful European Union immigration policies are the "key to future prosperity".

In an interview with EurActiv, Neyts-Uyttebroeck said that the European Union is experiencing a demographic change that will cause "immense pressure" on the EU's welfare systems in as little as ten or twenty years.

Slovenia is one of the first EU countries in a while to start talking about implementing the European Union initiative to create an "EU Blue Card" for highly skilled foreign workers. Not much is publicly know about when and how they will implement the Blue Card. As soon as more information is available, we'll publish it here.

What is known now is that the Slovenian Labour Ministry will make changes to its foreign labour act that will include implementing the European Union's Blue Card.

Well, it's been quite on the EU blue card front lately but we may see some info come to light in June. In an op-ed at EurActiv, Lars Hoffmann writes that the European Council will decide on a report entitled Project Europe 2030, which included recommendations on the blue card immigration scheme:

"It is for the June European Council to decide the report's fate...There are some excellent proposals in the report (e.g. a Blue Card for European immigrants...)."