Recognition of professional qualifications January 2021

A. The EU policy framework
B. Implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive
C. Recent developments in the regulated professions
D. Relevant features of the European Education Area
E. Brexit

The wider context is unprecedented: the ravages of Covid-19 and the appearance of new variants; the late agreement on the EU budget launching the transition to a digital and green economy; the tensions over the rule of law within the EU; the fragility of multilateral institutions, notably the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO); and the perceived need for the EU to determine what “strategic autonomy” means in practice, as China gains in strength and the Atlantic alliance appears to weaken.

Meanwhile, the EU’s Single Market is stepping up its drive for consolidation in the shadow of the UK’s protracted departure from the Union. Brexit poses problems for both parties, not least for the movement of professionals across the English Channel.

Recognition of professional qualifications January 2021

Howard Davies

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