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Refs #37 (this PR does not close the issue: feedback is welcome first).

Summary

The CVs created with the Europass online editor since 2020 use a single-column layout, while europecv implements the original two-column model. This PR adds a new class, europecv2020, shipped in the same europecv package, which implements the 2020 layout:

• Header: picture, name, personal data on short lines separated by | (empty fields are omitted), Europass logo on the right; \ecvcontact{label}{value} adds extra contacts (e.g. LinkedIn).
• Sections: capitalised titles followed by a rule, also added to the PDF bookmarks.
• Entries: new \ecventry{dates}{place}{title}{organisation}, followed by normal text or lists.
• Language skills: self-assessment grid with the legend of the levels (A1/A2 basic, B1/B2 independent, C1/C2 proficient user).
• Footer: optional note on every page (e.g. GDPR consent) and "Page 1 / 2".
• Customisation: \ecvAccentColor (default: the blue of the EU flag), \ecvDateColor, \ecvPhotoWidth, \ecvLogoWidth, \ecvLanguageWidth; options nologo, serif, nogeometry.

Converting an existing CV usually only needs \documentclass{europecv} → \documentclass{europecv2020}: the options and commands of europecv are accepted (those that only make sense in the two-column layout are ignored). Code that uses the table directly (&, \tabularnewline) must be adapted.

Other changes

• The code shared by the two classes (language and encoding options, personal data and cross-referencing commands) moved to europecv-common.def. The output of europecv is unchanged (the text of the manual is identical apart from the date).
• New templates templates/cv_template_2020_en.tex and templates/cv_template_2020_it.tex, with their PDFs.
• New labels "Other language(s)" and "Levels" translated in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese; the other languages fall back to English until a translation is added.
• \ecv@utf no longer overwrites the scratch macro \@tempa.
• New section 5 in the manual, README and CHANGELOG updated; version 2026.10.19.
• The release workflow now triggers on tags such as 2026.10.19 (the repository's tag format, without v).

Fixes for other open issues (fb8a5a8)

These issues have already been closed with a comment pointing here:

• Wrong page break #39: the rule that opens each europecv environment could be left alone at the bottom of a page (\cline allows a page break after it). It is now drawn by \ecv@hrulerow, which looks the same (output is pixel-identical when no page break is involved) but forbids that break.
• Comments at the beginning of europecv.cls confuse the linux file utility #35: the first line %!TEX ... made file identify the class, language and example files as PostScript; it is now % !TEX ....
• Please update documentation on how to use unicode engines and fontspec #34: new manual section on XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX with fontspec (fonts for the Europass look, condensed family instead of the narrow option); the europecv footer uses \textup instead of \textrm, so it follows \familydefault.

Testing

• make check: manual, examples and all templates build; all 28 language options compile with both classes under pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX (168 builds).
• make ctancheck: version information consistent, CTAN archive valid.
• examples/europass-cv.tex compiles with europecv2020 by changing only the class name.
• Wrong page break #39 reproduced with a CV of several europecv environments and verified fixed; Please update documentation on how to use unicode engines and fontspec #34's example preambles compile with XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX without font warnings.

Feedback wanted before merging

The layout was built from the public description of the 2020 Europass CV, without access to the Word model linked in #37, so it is an approximation. @exzombie and @DavideSecco, since you asked for an up-to-date template in #37, could you try it and tell us what should look different from the CV produced by the Europass editor (spacing, colours, header, language grid, missing sections or labels)? The quickest way is to compile templates/cv_template_2020_en.tex from this branch, or to change the class of your current CV to europecv2020.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added a single-column Europass CV layout, with English and Italian templates and support for pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX.
  • Added language and skill-level labels in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.
• Documentation
  • Updated the user guide, README, and changelog with the new layout, usage instructions, and examples.
• Bug Fixes
  • Release publishing now recognizes both prefixed and unprefixed version tags.

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📝 Walkthrough

This release adds the europecv2020 class for a single-column CV layout. It adds shared class definitions, language labels, English and Italian templates, and validation for the new class. Documentation, release notes, and the CTAN workflow are updated.

Changes: Europass 2020 class

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared class definitions europecv-common.def, europecv.cls, ecv*.def, examples/*	Common language, encoding, font, cross-reference, and personal-data definitions are added and used by europecv.cls. Language files add labels used by the new class. Encoding directives are reformatted in language files and examples.
2020 layout class europecv2020.cls	The new class defines layout options and commands for personal information, sections, entries, labeled items, and language-assessment tables.
Templates, validation, and documentation templates/cv_template_2020_*.tex, Makefile, tests/*, README.md, europecv.tex	English and Italian templates demonstrate the new class. Language smoke tests cover the class with three engines, and version checks compare the two classes. The README and manual document the class and its usage.
Release tags and notes .github/workflows/ctan.yml, CHANGELOG.rst, README.md, tests/version.sh	The CTAN workflow accepts numeric-prefixed or v-prefixed tags and runs the release job for any tag ref. Release notes, the README, and version checks reflect the updated release.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CVTemplate as CV template
  participant Engine as LaTeX engine
  participant Class as europecv2020.cls
  participant Shared as europecv-common.def
  participant Labels as ecven.def
  CVTemplate->>Engine: Compile document
  Engine->>Class: Load class
  Class->>Shared: Load shared definitions
  Shared->>Labels: Load English labels
  Class->>Engine: Typeset CV layout

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to fb8a5

Hungarian CVs using total-page numbering may show incomplete page information, but the impact is localized. Missing translations fall back to English.

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to fb8a5

Shared support now affects both CV layouts, and date-style tags can initiate releases. The inspected changes preserve cross-reference compatibility and version checks before publication. No introduced security issue was established, but release recovery behavior and repository tag protections were not verified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

• inferred — Shared-support defects can now affect documents using either class. The privileged automation outcome inspected is repository release publication through the contents-write job; the source does not establish external tag-protection policy.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The newly accepted numeric-tag path reaches the same version validation used for existing v-prefixed tags. Validation failures return a nonzero status before archive creation, and the write-enabled publication job requires successful packaging. This limits publication on version mismatch without proving tag authorization.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — The shared reference extraction preserves the inspected persistence and class-switch compatibility mechanisms rather than introducing a new auxiliary-file format. Interrupted compilation and concurrent or repeated release publication were not executed, so their behavior is not asserted as verified.

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