Translation of "Carte «Jeunesse en mouvement» " (French → English) :

4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to updating Directive 2005/36/EC in order to enable faster and less bureaucratic recognition of professional qualifications; stresses that it is necessary for professional qualifications to be broadly recognised, as citizens are becoming increasingly more mobile, and also to guarantee portability rights of mobile workers, promote informal training leading to a skills passport, and implementing the ‘youth on the move’ card; agrees that a voluntary European professional card could serve as a tool to better facilitate the mobility of Europeans and serve as an example for a Europe of citizens;

97. Emphasises that enabling young people to spend a period of education or training abroad is essential for the acquisition of new skills, including language skills, and hence increases their opportunities for integration into the labour market; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to develop a ‘Youth on the move’ card which will help all young people to move to another Member State to study, as well as the creation of European student mobility loans to give more young Europeans, in particular the most disadvantaged among them, the opportunity to experience a period of study, training or job placement in another country;

97. Emphasises that enabling young people to spend a period of education or training abroad is essential for the acquisition of new skills, including language skills, and hence increases their opportunities for integration into the labour market; welcomes, therefore, the Commission's intention to develop a ‘Youth on the move’ card which will help all young people to move to another Member State to study, as well as the creation of European student mobility loans to give more young Europeans, in particular the most disadvantaged among them, the opportunity to experience a period of study, training or job placement in another country;

– Mr President, just when responsible people and governments are watching every penny, the Commission proposes more expense – Youth on the Move card, European skills passport, European Vacancy Monitor – through Europe 2020, all for cultural diplomacy and to get young people to travel when they do that already, backpacking their way round the world on their own initiative.

42. Supports the development of a ‘Youth on the Move card’ to further enhance the mobility of young people in the European Union; is strongly committed to youth programmes including Erasmus and Leonardo, which encourage young people to be more mobile by studying working in other EU Member States, thereby becoming more employable and skilled, while contributing to the economic growth of the European Union;

In addition, mobility for young people is to be encouraged by developing a ‘Youth on the Move’ card.