MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education have called for a larger Erasmus+ budget for the 2028–2034 programming period, arguing the programme needs increased resources to respond to the EU’s strategic challenges and to become more accessible to young people from diverse economic, social and geographical backgrounds.
What Parliament is doing
The Culture and Education Committee adopted a position urging a boost to the Erasmus+ funding envelope for 2028–2034. The proposal focuses on making the EU’s learning mobility programme better equipped to meet strategic priorities and to broaden participation among underrepresented groups. The committee is setting the stage for Parliament’s stance ahead of wider interinstitutional negotiations on the next multiannual budget for the programme.
Why it matters
Erasmus+ is the EU’s flagship learning mobility programme. Committee members framed the budget increase as necessary to ensure the programme can address evolving strategic challenges and to improve accessibility for young people facing economic, social or geographic barriers. By pressing for more funds now, the committee seeks to influence how mobility, learning exchanges and related activities will be supported during 2028–2034.
What happens next
The committee’s position contributes to Parliament’s negotiating mandate as talks progress between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the future Erasmus+ budget and rules for 2028–2034. Further procedural steps and the timetable for interinstitutional negotiations were not provided in the committee’s press note.
Source: European Parliament press release
