Today, at the Opening Press Conference Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka (Federal Minister of Education and Research), Sven Morlok (Deputy Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony, State Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport), Burkhard Jung (Mayor of Leipzig), Hubert Romer (CEO WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 GmbH), Dr. Theodor Niehaus (President of WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 and Chair of the
Board of WorldSkills Germany), Simon Bartley (President of WorldSkills International), Androulla Vassiliou (Cyprus - European Commission, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism, Sport, Media and Youth), and László Andor (Hungary - European Commission, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) gave some statements about the 42nd WorldSkills Competition.

For further information we will soon provide you the official press release.