Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op vrijdag 11 december 2020. Dear President von der Leyen, dear Vice-President Schinas, Thank you for your inspiring words. Your presence at the Summit is a clear sign of the importance this Commission attaches to its young people and to the whole education community. Dear Ministers, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to host the third European Education Summit today at such a pivotal moment. The past eight months have been unlike any, no sector of our economies and societies has been spared by the pandemic, but some had to bear greater consequences.