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"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to thank the rapporteur, Ms Bastos, for her work and fruitful working relationship with the members of the Committee on Culture and Education, of which I am one. We agree with the Commission’s observation as regards the need to raise the qualification levels of young Europeans as well as the need to redefine certain skills that students might need today. We must not limit our proposals to satisfying the needs of labour market areas; we must also guarantee fair and universal access to quality public education and lifelong learning, so as to promote the intellectual and social development of every citizen, and particularly of young people, given the unacceptably high rate of unemployment among that age group.
In order to achieve this, I believe there are two crucial aspects: firstly, digital literacy, which is becoming increasingly important for our evolving knowledge-based society. Emphasis must be placed, first and foremost, on literacy-based initiatives, and on refreshing and updating key skills in the field of communication and information technology, so as to reduce, or indeed eliminate, the digital divide. The next step for the Member States, therefore, is to integrate digital culture into teaching and training systems, while teaching a critical approach to modern forms of communication and media content.
Secondly, and more generally, education and training have a place in the Green New Deal that we environmentalists wish to implement in the European Union. Indeed, we need to start by speeding up the transition towards a sustainable economy and developing the huge potential for green jobs that exists throughout Europe, with a view to protecting and restoring environmental quality and the quality of life of our fellow citizens across a wide range of sectors, such as transport, energy supply and even public services …"@en1
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