EU: Commission presents strategy for vocational training

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The news. On 5 November, the European Commission published its 2026-2030 strategy for vocational education and training. The text comes six years after a dedicated Council recommendation, but against a shifting backdrop, as demographic decline will ultimately curb the number of new entrants to the labour market (3.6 million workers having to be replaced each year by 2035).

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