On 18 February 2021, the Council of the EU adopted a lengthy resolution (see EUROPE B12662A15) under the Portuguese Presidency, which lost no opportunity to reiterate the Lisbon Strategy and the open method of coordination. The European Parliament merited just a single mention. The new strategic framework for education and training, which took inspiration from previous versions, was to run for the entire decade (2021-2030): the European Education Area (EEA) was merely its first plank. The...