Orbán cabinet sends letter to EP groups on Hungary’s exclusion from Erasmus scheme

Balázs Hankó, the minister for culture and innovation, has sent a letter to leaders of European parliamentary groups urging them to “take a stand” regarding the exclusion of Hungarian students from the EU’s Erasmus program.

“It’s time the European parliamentary groups took a stand” and ended the “discrimination” against Hungarian university students, Hankó told a press conference in Budapest on Monday.

Hankó noted that it it has been two years since “Brussels unlawfully excluded Hungarian students and Hungarian researchers” from the Erasmus and Horizon programmes. A year ago, the Hungarian government the European Commission its amendment proposals aimed at resolving the issue, and last month parliament passed a law that settles the conflicts of interest of university foundations’ board members, he added.

“We now have to take another step, and it’s time the European parliamentary groups took a stand,”