{"id":1313,"date":"2026-04-27T18:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annastrolenberg.fitzdev.de\/uncategorized\/good-news-we-in-europe-finally-dare-to-address-our-skills-shortage\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:08:55","slug":"good-news-we-in-europe-finally-dare-to-address-our-skills-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annastrolenberg.org\/en\/uncategorized\/good-news-we-in-europe-finally-dare-to-address-our-skills-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news: we in Europe finally dare to address our skills shortage!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1313\" class=\"elementor elementor-1313 elementor-1308\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46856e9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"46856e9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-710adf27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"710adf27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Countless reports warn us about our ageing societies and declining birth rates. Yet, European leaders do not act on it, out of fear of being labelled \u201ctoo pro-migration\u201d.<br\/><br\/> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>But today the European Commission launched a new Visa Strategy. It acknowledges the reality: if we in Europe want to remain competitive, we need to attract talent and step up in the global race for skills.<br\/><br\/> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Visa policy plays a key role in this. We have to start with the basics: make procedures shorter and easier. People who want to apply for a visa often get lost in a maze of different, national procedures.<br\/><br\/>  <\/p><p> <\/p><p>As Volt, we have argued for easier visa procedures, to make Europe more attractive to international workers.<br\/><br\/><\/p><p> <\/p><p>So, I am pleased to see that in the Visa Strategy the Commission clearly advocates for simplifying procedures, including a possible Omnibus approach. This is a step in the right direction.<br\/><br\/> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Without simplification, all our efforts to attract skilled workers (such as the EU Talent Pool) risk being undermined by inefficient visa procedures.<br\/><br\/><\/p><p> <\/p><p>And let\u2019s be honest, this strategy comes at the right moment. We can learn from developments in the United States what not to do: pursue ever more aggressive migration policies and become a hostile destination.<br\/><br\/> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>We, Europe, can present ourselves as the opposite: a continent that welcomes (much needed) talent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we want to remain competitive in Europe, we need to attract talent and take part in the global competition for talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Good news: we in Europe finally dare to address our skills shortage! 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