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"Mr President, President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner Lewandowski, unfortunately it is right and necessary that we sound the alarm bells today. We have got a terrible situation with regard to the Erasmus programme: students no longer have the grant money that was promised to them. This runs absolutely counter to the aims − and here I direct myself to you, Sir, the representative of the Cyprus Presidency − which the Council and Parliament agreed, namely to do more for Erasmus, more for student mobility and more for the education and training of our young people. How can we be so short-sighted and irresponsible as to undermine one of the most successful programmes we have ever had in the European Union? Ms Pack was right to say that we already have an implementation rate of 99 % − and this was in October! What more do you want? We would do better to make cuts to, say, tobacco subsidies, which do a lot of damage, not to a programme from which, as we know, everyone involved can only benefit.
You have breached a contract. You promised money that you are now not supplying. This undermines the credibility of the European Council and, unfortunately, also that of the entire European Union. It is a serious political mistake.
However, it is not only the Erasmus flagship programme that is under pressure: the European Social Fund, for example, has no more money either. Do you know what you are risking here? This year there is no more money for literacy courses or upskilling the long-term unemployed. This is totally contrary to what you are always saying at your summit meetings: that we must do more to counter youth unemployment, that we must encourage young people to get out and about in Europe, broaden their skills and get further training. Stop this irresponsible policy and let us approve a supplementary budget. Above all, let us approach the next multiannual financial framework boldly and make this money available for European education policy."@en1
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