European Employment and Social Rights Forum, Brussels: welcome remarks by Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
On 2 March 2026, Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, participated in the European Employment and Social Rights Forum, held Brussels, Belgium.
On this occasion, Roxana Mînzatu set the tone for two days of high-level debate on the future of social Europe.
Amidst economic transformation, technological disruption and global uncertainty, the European Commission places its citizens at the centre of its agenda.
The Forum namely addressed quality jobs and fair working conditions, fighting poverty and social exclusion, fair labour mobility accross the EU, and delivering a Single Market that works for people.
This video shows her entire welcome remarks.
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Many thanks and a warm welcome to the European Employment and Social Forum 2026. A very short welcome on my behalf.
You will have two, I hope, two amazing inspirational days to discuss on the topic that you see right there,
how to empower people in times of change.
For sure, you've seen people mentioning uncertainty but also opportunity.
And this Commission is working so that we are able to provide our citizens with the best tools. You will discuss quality jobs.
You will discuss how we can prevent and support people fighting poverty.
You will discuss, of course, fair labor mobility, how the single market of the European Union delivers for the people.
But all this work would not be possible without the support of our president who is here today with us,
and I'm quite grateful that she found the time to send an important message to you because she helps us put at the center of the agenda of this College of Commissioners people.
And with this, I invite her to deliver her address to us, and I say thank you again, dear Ursula.
