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France and Germany pledge closer co-operation on education and industry

France and Germany on Tuesday (26 October) agreed to recognise some of each other's professional qualifications in a bid to allow workers greater access to each other's labour markets.

During a meeting of the ministers from Paris and Berlin, the respective education ministers, Edelgard Bulmahn from Germany and Francois Fillon from France, announced that there would be a "general equivalence" between the qualifications obtained on either side of the Rhein.

Today's agreement follo...

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