Spain Reluctant to Follow EU Rule on Scientific Visas
December 4th, 2008Posted by: admin
Learning from the bad example of the U.S., the European Union established a directive in 2005 to make it easier for non-EU scientists to obtain visas to visit <strike>other</strike> EU countries and to bring their families. Unfortunately, not all EU countries opted in on the directive (The U.K. and Denmark). Two countries, Spain and Cyprus, opted in but have not implemented the directive. Nature News has the details of Spain’s byzantine immigration system, and how the European Commission is taking the country to court for failing to comply.
December 4th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Um…that article is talking about NON-EU scientists coming to the EU. EU citizens have had complete freedom of movement across the EU for ages.
December 4th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Duly noted, thanks. I’ve corrected the post (see the bold and strike-through).