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"Madam President, Commissioner, President-in-Office of the Council, I have listened to you carefully but it is just that I cannot believe you! Why are we here today? It is an admission of incapacity by the governments responsible – not the Commission and not Parliament! We need to clearly state what this is about: it is not about an increase in resources because the Commission did not do its work properly, it is solely about the States not meeting the obligations they have made to young people who want to study abroad because their parents, the economy, society and politicians tell them every Sunday how important education is and how important it is to gain experience abroad. Through the Bologna Process, a technical failure, Member States have unnecessarily made students’ lives more difficult. Now they are also setting about damaging the reputation of the flagship project of European educational policy, Erasmus, completely unnecessarily. Already, the year abroad is a financial balancing act for many young people on Erasmus. If the impression is now given that they cannot even rely on these commitments, this is a devastating signal, especially for those who desperately depend on support from Erasmus. Education ministers have stated repeatedly − and re-stated now − that the goal for 2020, that many young people are able to go abroad and be mobile, must be achieved. What are we to think if, because of a lack of funding, not even 5 % of Erasmus students can go abroad now? Therefore, I think that the budget reorganisers, that is, the Council representatives, should not reorganise the budget at the expense of students. In this matter, at least, they should be generous – it is also their own children’s future. (Applause)"@en1
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