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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12518

2 July 2020
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION / Education
Commission sets five year target to improve skills in Europe
Brussels, 01/07/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 1 July, the European Commission presented a new package of measures to facilitate access to the labour market, which is under increasing pressure due to the coronavirus crisis and the digital transition. “The philosophy is: skills for jobs,” Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit summed up these initiatives in three words.

Targets for 2025

The section on competences is structured around a general communication, a renewed skills strategy (updating the 2016...

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
EDUCATION: commission sets five year target to improve skills in Europe
SOCIAL: European Commission presents its recommendations to ensure a 'bridge to employment' for young people
SOCIAL: European Commission considers introducing exemption from competition rules for collective bargaining
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: “The crisis put into question the architecture of the European Union ” says Apostolos Tzitzikostas
CLIMATE: CORSIA, ICAO Council approves controversial change in reference period for calculating carbon offsetting requirements
ENERGY: MEPs are divided on whether or not to exclude gas projects from Just Transition Fund
TRANSPORT: last stand for nine Member States on 'mobility I' package, one week before European Parliament’s decisive vote
HEALTH: MEPs asked to investigate mismanagement of pandemic in healthcare sector
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: some Member States apply more limited lists than first European list of non-Member States whose citizens may return to EU
JUSTICE: EU Council wants to draw lessons from Covid-19 crisis for future of judicial cooperation
STATE AID: Covid-19, 3rd modification of emergency regulatory framework to support SMEs and start-ups
INSTITUTIONAL
EU2020DE: German EU Council Presidency assures that rule of law will be a central element of its work
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: Europeans call for respect for Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy
SAHEL: 'We want to Europeanise the fight against terrorism', says Mr Macron
AFRICA: Council of the EU formalises its vision of strengthened strategic partnership between Europe and Africa
UKRAINE: European Parliament reiterates that it is not observing Russian constitutional referendum
TRADE: imports of ferrosilicon from China and Russia will again be subject to an anti-dumping duty
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Fiscal Board recommends review of freezing of Stability Pact in spring 2021
ECONOMY: CPMR would like to see territorial dimension in Recovery and Resilience Facility
TAXATION: Paolo Gentiloni gives preview of 'anti-fraud tax package'
TAXATION: OECD moves towards “last chance” negotiations on international tax reform following US elections
NEWS BRIEFS
INSURANCE: Commission consults on review of Solvency II Directive
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe recommends that member states include Roma history in school curricula
WTO: WTO, EBRD and five other development banks mobilise for post-Covid-19 trade finance
REGIONS: CEMR publishes report on impact of Covid-19 on finances of local and regional authorities in Europe
UNITED KINGDOM: British concerns about how EU27 will guarantee rights of Britons in EU after 2020
TRANSPORT: commission launches public consultation on its strategy for sustainable and intelligent mobility
VENEZUELA: Renew Europe Group wants European Parliament to adopt a new resolution on the Venezuelan crisis