What Hristo 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, Commissioner, engineers, IT specialists, chefs, the European Union is facing labour shortages for many professions. In my country, businesses have huge problems finding the right people. Mario Draghi's report calls for a fundamentally new approach to skills, and I agree. But when we talk about competitiveness, we must also talk about the European social model, because it makes Europe…

22

Oct

2024

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Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate)

Eight out of ten employers in the European Union have a problem in finding suitable staff, and in order to solve this problem, we need to act on several levels. First, we need to invest in education to equip children and young people with the right set of skills and become active citizens. Secondly, we need to facilitate a smooth transition from school to work with the help of vocational education…

17

Sep

2024

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Outcome of G20 ministerial meeting in Rio-de-Janeiro and fighting inequality (debate)

Mr President, G20 ministers have called for inequalities to be reduced and for no human being to be left behind. Now, however, the time has come to move from calls to concrete action. Inequality is the curse of our society. They hinder many things, including access to training and access to jobs. I believe that the best policy to reduce inequalities is to prevent them. And here I am talking about …