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third country immigrant workers it seeks to protect, but also generally in expressing the goals of this legislation. 3. The Goals of the Directive and Subjective Rights Starting with the goals, in the preamble, the two main goals of the Single Permit Directive I were to help manage migration flows through the single application procedure and to ensure equal treatment between third country workers and the nationals. 10 The Single Permit Directive II expands on this by connecting itself broader EU initiatives, especially the Migration Pact 11 , but also the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the EU institutions in 2017. 12 Also it expands on the goals expressed, one of them being attracting skills and talent to the EU also to align the legislation with market demands. 13 The goal to attract skills and talent, is expressed on multiple occasions, in the preamble, but also in the communication on “Attracting skills and talent to the EU” as a part of the proposal for the Migration Pact. To make the case for the skills and talents initiative, the EU presents statistics according to which, in the EU, as much as 13% of workers performing essential functions, such as doctors or nurses, are third country migrants and that the working-age population will decline from 65% to 54% by 2070. EU believes that being attractive to the world’s talent is key to remaining competitive globally. 14 The new directive has expanded on individual rights of the third country workers protected by the directive. One of these is the right of access to information, which was already something that was included in the Single Permit Directive I, but in the Single Permit Directive II, there is a much stronger accent on this right. The emphasis on providing free of charge and accessible information is highlighted in the preamble and the article 9 is expanded. Instead of an abstract provision constituting that the member states have to provide “adequate information” upon request and only regarding the required documentation, there is a concrete list of information the members states have to make accessible, including information about entry and 10 Recital 2 and Recital 3, 2011/98/EU. 11 European Commission. Legal migration fitness check: Summary of Replies to the public consultation on legal migration by non-EU citizens. In: Publications Office of the European Union. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, [online]. December 2017, p. 39-45. [cit. 2024-08-15]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2837/76718. 14 European Commission. Communication From The Commission To The European Parliament, The Council, The European Economic And Social Committee And The Committee Of The Regions Attracting skills and talent to the EU: Attracting skills and talent to the EU. COM/2022/657 final. [online]. 2022. Available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2022%3A657%3AF IN&qid=1651223944578. 12 Recital 6, 2024/1233/EU. 13 Recital 20, 2024/1233/EU.

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