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Madam President, Commissioner, you have not alleviated our concerns. As you can see, all four voices – Ms Pack, Mr Swoboda, Mr Løkkegaard and Ms Trüpel – are essentially expressing concern at the situation, and this concern is justified. In fact, these calculations that you have provided have not alleviated our concerns, because this is one of those programmes in which it is worth investing. The European Union hands out a great deal of money quite needlessly, and Ms Trüpel has drawn attention to one such area – that is the truth. It is very common for the European Union to waste money, but the money intended for the Erasmus programme is very much money not wasted. It is the best-invested money in the EU, and we should therefore make every effort – above all the Commission, but the Council too – to ensure that this money does not run short.
This is especially because the division into better and worse continues to prevail, as the size of grants unfortunately continues to reflect the division of Europe. They depend on which country one comes from. A Polish student studying in Germany or France is not, sadly, provided with the same conditions as a German or French student studying in Poland. This is an element we must overcome. The question of credits is also worthy of support, but the most important thing is to make sure this money does not run out. We cannot stand in shame before our citizens, and before our students, because the European Union has not found the money for one of the flagship, vanguard and best-implemented programmes. I must entreat you, Commissioner, to make every effort to prevent this situation from arising, and to make sure that European students have the money to enable them to study abroad."@en1
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