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Partners have signed up to the three 2030 headline targets set in the Commission s European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan in a joint Porto Social Commitment: At least 78% of people aged 20 to 64 should be in employment; At least 60% of all adults should participate in training every year; The number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion should
be reduced by at least 15 million, including at least 5 million children.
This commitment was taken at the first day of the Social Summit in Porto by the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Parliament, the Portuguese Prime Minister currently holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European social partners and civil society organisations. They have further pledged to do their utmost to build a more inclusive, more social Europe. They welcomed the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and strengthened the commitment to transform its principles into action to set in motion a st
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“We have to act on climate change. We want Europe to be the frontrunner in the digital age. But we also want Europe s social promise to be filled with life”, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said at the opening of the Social Summit in Porto on 7 May. “We are here to build a social Europe that is fit for our day and age. That is delivering on its ambitions.”
The Summit aimed to reinforce the commitment from Member States, European institutions, social partners and civil society to the implementation of the Action Plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights.
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The American and French Revolutions are modern history’s most famous examples of popular resistance to paying taxes. But the pitched rhetorical battles over taxation currently being waged in three different countries are nothing like those 18th century transformative struggles.
When Britain’s 13 American colonies rose up in the 1770s, it was to protest against taxation without representation. When ordinary Frenchmen took to the streets barely a decade later, they were challenging the inequity of a tax system that largely exempt the clergy and nobility. In contrast, the ongoing political wars against tax changes in the US, Colombia and Spain threaten to arrest progressive change and could actually entrench inequality. In some ways, these examples of tax resistance are the counter-revolution.
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Porto Social Summit: all partners commit to 2030 social targets
Partners have signed up to the three 2030 headline targets set in the Commission s European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan in a joint Porto Social Commitment:
At least 78% of people aged 20 to 64 should be in employment,
At least 60% of all adults should participate in training every year,
The number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion should be reduced by at least 15 million, including at least 5 million children.
This commitment was taken at the first day of the Social Summit (07 May 2021) in Porto by the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Parliament, the Portuguese Prime Minister currently holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European social partners and civil society organisations. They have further pledged to do their utmost to build a more inclusive, more social Europe. They welcomed the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan a