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The next steps for Vocational training

15 December 2004

English

High level conference: “Strengthening European Cooperation inVocational Education and Training” Maastricht, 15 December 2004 Distinguished guests,Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I open thisconference. This is one of my first official duties on the educationand training front since taking office as European Commissioner. As I was getting familiar with my…
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Reforming higher education

6 December 2004

English

Charles UniversityPrague, 6 December 2004 Distinguished Rectors,Ambassadors,Professors,Ladies and Gentlemen,Dear European citizens, It is a great pleasure for me to meet you at the oldest university in Central Europe. I wish to thank your Rector, Professor Ivan Wilhelm, for his kind invitation to talk to you about the policies of the new Commission for higher education.…
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Creating the Europe of Knowledge

26 November 2004

English

World Conference of the European Association for Education Lawand Policy (ELA), University of AmsterdamAmsterdam, 26 November 2004 Ladies and gentlemen,This is a very interesting time for me to have taken up the education portfolio at theEuropean Commission.In the past, there has been much resistance—on legal grounds—to a EuropeanUnion involvement in education. Member States were careful…
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Figeľ pre Washington Post

20 March 2002

Slovensky

Nedorozumenia z minulosti nesmú podkopať politickú súdržnosť strednej Európy, citoval mienkotvorný americký denník Washington Times štátneho tajomníka Ministerstva zahraničných vecí SR Jána Figeľa. Denník Figeľa predstavuje ako “muža, ktorý dozerá na snahu Slovenska stať sa členom Severoatlantickej aliancie a Európskej únie”. Figeľ počas nedávnej návštevy USA redaktorovi denníka Washington Times povedal, že otvorenie diskusie o…
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