The minister hopes that the European Commission "does not want to make the Hungarian students pay the cost of the possible dispute with the Hungarian government". According to him, there was no mention in the negotiations of what, according to press information, Brussels now considers risky for foundation-maintained universities.
Civilek Info the announcement of KIM on the discriminatory exclusion of the Erasmus program .
Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Territorial Development who is also responsible for EU funds, told RTL Hírado about the press report written by Népszava that the European Commission can stop Erasmus for universities that have become foundation institutions.
As is known, according to Népszava, at the end of December, the competent directorates-general of the European Commission notified the national authorities in charge of managing the funds by letter that they cannot receive new grants from the Erasmus+ cooperation and educational exchange program and the Horizon Europe research and innovation framework program.
The Tempus Public Foundation, which coordinates the domestic implementation of the exchange program, told Népszava that
the Erasmus+ program is not the addressee of the rule of law decision.
Tibor Navracsics explained to RTL:
I'm very confident that it's just a misunderstanding and that's it
The European Commission does not want Hungarian students to pay the costs of its possible dispute with the Hungarian government". He explained that they would contact the Commission to find out exactly what they had in mind. "After all, we fulfilled what they asked for."
Source and full article: Mandiner
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