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2023/0404(COD)COM(2023)716LIBE

Establishing an EU talent pool

Stage
In force, reached 12 May 2026
Procedure
Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Abir Al-sahlani (Renew)
Lead DG
DG HOME
Commissioner
Magnus Brunner
Council configuration
Justice and Home Affairs Council
Last activity
12 May 2026
Legal basis
TFEU_2016 Art. 294; TFEU_2016 Art. 79; TFEU_2016 Art. 79(2)
48 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Publication in the Official Journal, 13 May 2026.

Show the earlier record: 32 dates, 16 Mar 2023 to 3 Dec 2025
  1. 16 Mar 2023
    • Call for evidence closed: EU Talent Pool, 45 responses · Commission
  2. 16 Nov 2023
    • Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
  3. 20 Nov 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 11 Jan 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  5. 23 Jan 2024
    • Committee opinion tabled
  6. 30 Jan 2024
    • Committee opinion tabled
  7. 31 Jan 2024
    • Feedback on adopted proposal closed: EU Talent Pool, 18 responses · Commission
  8. 6 Feb 2024
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  9. 8 Feb 2024
    • Referred to committee
  10. 19 Feb 2024
    • Committee opinion tabled
  11. 6 Mar 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  12. 11 Mar 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  13. 10 Apr 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  14. 27 May 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  15. 12 Jun 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  16. 13 Jun 2024
    • General approach by the Council
  17. 18 Jun 2024
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  18. 13 Nov 2024
    • Referred to committee
  19. 20 Dec 2024
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  20. 28 Jan 2025
    • Committee amendments tabled
    • Committee opinion adopted
    • Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
  21. 19 Feb 2025
    • Committee opinion adopted
  22. 19 Mar 2025
    • Committee report adopted
  23. 26 Mar 2025
    • Tabled for plenary
  24. 3 Apr 2025
    • Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
    • Plenary vote
  25. 7 Apr 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  26. 15 Jul 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  27. 24 Sept 2025
    • Interinstitutional negotiations
  28. 21 Oct 2025
    • Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
  29. 31 Oct 2025
    • Deliberations in Council working party
  30. 12 Nov 2025
    • Deliberations in Coreper
  31. 28 Nov 2025
    • Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper
  32. 3 Dec 2025
    • Committee approved the provisional agreement
  1. 3 Mar 2026
    • Tabled for plenary
  2. 4 Mar 2026
    • Tabled for plenary
  3. 5 Mar 2026
    • Tabling of a document for EP plenary
  4. 10 Mar 2026
    • Plenary adopted first-reading position
    • Plenary vote
  5. 30 Mar 2026
    • Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act) · Council
  6. 29 Apr 2026
    • Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council · Parliament and Council
    • Signed
  7. 12 May 2026
    • Published in the Official Journal
    • Voting result REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing an EU Talent Pool - Adoption of the legislative act - 4167th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Agriculture and Fisheries) 30 March 2026, Brussels
  8. 13 May 2026
    • Publication in the Official Journal · provisional
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Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurAbir Al-sahlaniRenewSELIBE
Shadow rapporteurAnna StrolenbergGreens/EFANLLIBE
Shadow rapporteurAssita KankoECRBELIBE
Shadow rapporteurJavier Moreno SánchezS&DESLIBE
Shadow rapporteurLena DüpontEPPDELIBE
Shadow rapporteurPernando Barrena ArzaThe LeftESLIBE
Shadow rapporteurTom VandendriesschePfEBELIBE
Rapporteur for opinionNela RiehlGreens/EFADECULT
Rapporteur for opinionTomas TobéEPPSEDEVE
Rapporteur for opinionMarianne VindS&DDKEMPL
Shadow rapporteur for opinionCatherine GrisetPfEFRCULT
Shadow rapporteur for opinionLaurence FarrengRenewFRCULT
Shadow rapporteur for opinionNikola BartůšekPfECZEMPL
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Summary

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This regulation creates a centralized EU talent pool to streamline recruitment of skilled foreign nationals and fill critical job vacancies across member states. It establishes a unified information system for occupational migration, enhancing labor mobility and addressing structural shortages in sectors like healthcare and technology.

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