Hungarian government: it is not true that the EU is stopping Erasmus plus programs

The European Union’s Erasmus plus programmes can continue undisturbed in Hungary this year, the ministry of culture and innovation said on Monday.

A European Commission decision made in December concerning public interest asset management foundations carrying out public duties does not affect exchange programmes, the ministry said in a statement.

The government will hold continual coordinations until the March deadline in order to ensure continued undisturbed access to resources affecting higher education, it added.

Ongoing exchange programmes and those to be announced this year for higher education students and teachers are not affected by the EC decision, the ministry said.

“Hungary has fulfilled all its commitments and therefore refuses to accept the European Commission’s discriminative decision to exclude public interest asset management foundations carrying out public duties and the universities they manage from direct EU tenders,” the statement said.