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"Mr President, I very much welcome the establishment of the second phase of Socrates and thank Mrs Pack for her excellent work. We have undoubtedly seen increased cooperation in the field of European education combined with a new commitment to life-long learning and that is heartening.
In Wales, my own nation, and indeed the whole of the UK, there is a problem in encouraging the acquisition of language skills across the board. ERASMUS has gone a long way to improving this and I would like to see an increase in the figure of 460 000 participating students a year.
Such exchanges make a distinct commitment to better linguistic skills, but also promote cultural cooperation. The Commission must continue to do its utmost to ensure that the application procedure is more user-friendly and I agree with comments by other speakers that at the moment the administrative side of the programme makes it difficult for participants. There has been a real administrative burden on the applicants throughout this programme, particularly under the COMENIUS scheme which needs to be addressed urgently.
Regardless of how successful this programme is, it must always be as open as possible for those wishing to participate."@en1
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