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Blue Carpet Initiative

INITIATIVEA tracked regulatory file grouping related EU documents — e.g. the Advanced Materials Act. Each initiative has a status, timeline, and parent strategy. See full glossary → Human Capital, Skills & Talent MobilityOne of eight thematic areas of EU digital policy, drawn from the editorial Gliederung. Each priority groups related strategies and initiatives. See full glossary →

This page tracks a single EU policy initiativeA tracked regulatory file grouping related EU documents — e.g. the Advanced Materials Act. Each initiative has a status, timeline, and parent strategy. See full glossary → — a regulatory file in the Commission's pipeline. Below you'll find its current status, linked source documents, parent strategies, and sibling files in the same policy priorityOne of eight thematic areas of EU digital policy, drawn from the editorial Gliederung. Each priority groups related strategies and initiatives. See full glossary → .

The initiative is a comprehensive package to attract and retain highly skilled talent, combining entrepreneurship education via the EIT and an academic career framework rewarding commercialisation; harmonised stock-option treatment; a recommendation to remove tax obstacles for remote cross-border employees; and a Fair Labour Mobility Package with social-security clarity and a Skills Portability Initiative. It adds an EU Visa Strategy leveraging the Students & Researchers and Blue Card Directives, fast-track permits for founders, Blue Card promotion, pilot Multipurpose Legal Gateway Offices, and “train-to-hire” Talent Partnerships. Complementary measures will review integration and family-reunification support and enhance EURAXESS services.

Status

Planned for 2026.

External references

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Associated strategies (1)

Siblings under Startup and Scaleup Strategy(20)

Siblings in Human Capital, Skills & Talent Mobility(6)