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"Madam President, colleagues, thank you for your real commitment. This is a timely commitment on how to save Erasmus. This is the time to sound the alarm. (Thank you also for reminding us that Lewandowski was successful in scoring against Real Madrid yesterday for Borussia Dortmund!) But this is also very much an opportunity to see what is behind the figures. From time to time it is necessary to see what lies behind the budgetary figures. It is so easy to cut figures on paper, but when you see thousands of Erasmus students it is more difficult, or when you see the small or medium-sized companies behind the figures who are in desperate need of liquidity at a time of credit crunch, then it is less easy to cut the figures.
This is the case with Erasmus. It started with a modest allocation of EUR 18 million I think in 1998, but now more than 4 000 higher education institutions in 33 countries – also beyond the European Union – have signed up to the Erasmus University Charter. So this is really about visibility, about the utility of the European Union for the younger generation. Utility is what we really need now, the utility of our institutions.
The situation is as follows, as I have clarified. You have my assurance, and I think this will also be endorsed by Minister Mavroyiannis, that the students benefiting from Erasmus this year, and at the beginning of 2013, are not in danger. Everything should be implemented, because we have sent money to the national agencies in 33 countries. The danger is due to uncertainty – especially if we make an additional request to take advantage of the money allocated for 2013 to cover the needs of 2012 – and uncertainty affects most of all those students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds, poorer students around Europe.
Therefore we need a solution, we need your commitment. Please do not forget that Erasmus is only a part of the Lifelong Learning programme. The very prestigious Marie Curie programme for young researchers is also in danger of being short of money if we do not have an additional EU 100 million for this year.
This is the overall picture at a time when we are starting the battle over the future until 2020. It is not true that the research programmes are to be affected, they are the part of the European budget with the biggest growth for the future, from EUR 50 to 80 billion, but I think what is vital now is to give assurances to the students that in 2013 they will not be affected."@en1
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