Can you apply for the Blue Card prior to finding employment? Or must you find an employer first to sponsor you?
Quote: "What preconditions need to be met in order for an EU Blue Card to be issued? 1. Applicants must provide proof of a completed university degree. If the university degree was not awarded in Germany, it must either be recognised or comparable to a German university degree. 2. Applicants must either provide proof of a concrete employment offer or present an employment contract that has been signed or that already exists. 3. This offer or contract must be based on a minimum gross annual salary."
For example the way the Spanish implemented TUPE (how employees are treated in take over) is basically a big f$%k you to the EU as it makes no attempt to implement even anything close to the spirit of the directive.
I suspect that Germany might be stricter on the university Degree.
Also not all Eu states implemented it Uk Eire and Denmark did not.
http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/InformacionInteres/Folle...