The Barcelona Council of 2002 called for actions “to improve the mastery of basic skills, in particular by teaching at least two foreign languages from a very early age” and for "the establishment of a linguistic competence indicator”.
2002. aastal Barcelonas toimunud Euroopa Ülemkogu istungil kutsuti üles võtma konkreetseid meetmeid, et parandada põhioskuste valdamist.