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BLOG POST THE PORTO SOCIAL SUMMIT: TURNING PRINCIPLES INTO ACTIONS

3 May 2021

The proclamation of the EPSR in 2017 confirmed the social ambition of the Juncker presidency, which then seized such an opportunity to turn into concrete initiatives some of the principles of the EPSR. [...] In addition, the Juncker Commission strove to ‘socialise’ the European semester by including the Social Scoreboard and taking into account the princi- ples of the Pillar in the country-specific recommendations. [...] European Commission (2020), Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, A strong social Europe for just transitions, 14 January, COM(2020) 14 final. [...] The Action Plan acknowledges the broad scale of the skills challenge the EU is facing by proposing a range of measures to facilitate professional transitions and to encourage the development of skills related to the transitions underway. [...] The Porto Social Summit: political impetus, and then what? Through the organisation of the Porto Social Summit, the Portuguese presidency of the Council of the EU wishes to “spark the political dialogue at the highest level on how to reinvigorate [the] European social model and shape a vision for 2030”.18 Yet going beyond political impetus, the Social Summit must bring about commitment not only fr.
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