But all that aside I still can't get past my view that if your a perm resident of europe you should jump through the same hoops as the rest of us. Bollocks they maybe and I am not disputing that fact all though what you say is 3rd rate I found I have used more and more of it over the years.
You have a point but not born out by commercial practice.
Doctors, lawyers and accountants to name a few can all qualify abroad but on the whole, with minimal fuss, be licensed to practice here.
We rail against protectionism and we encourage free enterprise, we embrace the global village well we do unless we are easa.