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Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition

Reference
2026/2070(INI) Own-initiative report
Where it stands
In committee: EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) is preparing the report (draft published 10 June 2026).
Stage
First reading
Lead committee
Employment and Social Affairs EMPL
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
Brigitte VAN DEN BERG
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
1 version
Opinions from
CULT, FEMM

Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 18 June 2026
  2. Committee work (current step) EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) preparing the report
  3. Tabled for plenary (to come)
  4. Plenary vote (to come)
  5. Parliament’s position (to come)

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People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Employment and Social Affairs EMPL
Opinion: CULT
Culture and Education · rapporteur Laurence FARRENG (Renew)
Opinion: FEMM
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · rapporteur Lina GÁLVEZ (S&D)

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

Voting grid

Export

Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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Versions, 1

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Committee draft10 Jun 2026

    Draft report (EMPL) EMPL-PR-789915

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (FEMM), Opinion (FEMM)

What changed

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No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier — fewer than two versions of its text are linked in the open data.

Timeline, 5

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Committee stage 5 steps · 10 Jun 2026–10 Sept 2026
  1. 10 September 2026

    FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (FEMM)

  2. 14 July 2026

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    CULT-AL-790021

  3. 22 June 2026

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (EMPL)

  4. 18 June 2026

    Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; CULT (Culture and Education), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) give an opinion.

  5. 10 June 2026

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (EMPL)

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Sources & citation

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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition”. Dossier. reference 2026/2070(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-2070 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2026/2070(INI), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2026%2F2070(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2026-2070,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-2070}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-2070},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2026/2070(INI). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2026\%2F2070(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}