What Nela spoke about.

24

Oct

2024

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Closing the EU skills gap: supporting people in the digital and green transitions to ensure inclusive growth and competitiveness in line with the Draghi report (debate)

Mr President, as the Draghi report outlines, the question of skills is not just one of preparing the labour force for changing demands, but also about giving people the tools to adapt and engage with a changing world and benefit from new technologies. This is what competitiveness should mean. As a teacher, I have great respect for traditional classrooms, but classrooms are only just the beginning.…

22

Oct

2024

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, some ask 'what does the EU offer me personally?' Here is one of the EU's most successful offers: Erasmus. Erasmus is the European success story of public outreach, but also of dismantling borders and drawing Europe closer together. National Erasmus agencies were telling me just last week the programme is already now underfunded. Every euro that is cut now results dir…

7

Oct

2024

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Facing fake news, populism and disinformation in the EU - the importance of public broadcasting, media pluralism and independent journalism (debate)

Madam President, this is true – I saw it on TikTok. Until a few weeks ago, I was working as a teacher back in Germany and that is what my 16-year-old students would tell me on a regular basis. As a teacher it was my job to train young people to recognise and also withstand disinformation. And believe me, that wasn't easy. I was not only confronted with young people telling me that they believed ev…