The Commission has unveiled plans for the EU to create a new generation of Internet-savvy school children and workers…

Date: 10/02/2000

...to challenge US domination of the information technology. Under the proposal, member states would act to link up every Union school to the Internet by 2002 and introduce special Internet training programmes for teachers. “The next generation of the workforce - the net generation - is in school today,” said Employment Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou, adding: “If we can combine competitiveness and cohesion in the new knowledge economy, Europe will act as a model for the world.”