Question 42393 — higher education

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Ms. Sophie Métadier draws the attention of the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation to the reduction in funding for the Erasmus+ program for the benefit of universities. This year, the start of the school year was supposed to mark the beginning of the end of a gloomy period for students, allowing them to finally find a certain normality in their studies. With the reopening of borders, many students were able to find the opportunity to go abroad, particularly to Europe thanks to the Erasmus+ program, recommended by both universities and professionals. In September 2021, universities noted a significant drop in the overall amount of allocations for the benefit of student mobility by the Erasmus France Agency. However, in December 2020, the European institutions reached an agreement increasing to more than 26.2 billion euros in the program budget appropriations compared to the 2014-2020 programming with the aim of reaching 10 million exchanges over the next 7 years. The incomprehension of this state of affairs by the universities and students concerned is legitimate. Indeed, the decision is paradoxical and goes against the objectives of the Government and the European Union to facilitate international mobility. Universities French institutions are the Government's first relay to achieve these objectives, they mobilize students and many give them a promise: “Any student participating in the Erasmus+ European mobility program as part of a study stay is automatically awarded the Erasmus+ allowance”. Universities can no longer keep their commitments to students who have already gone abroad and who, arriving halfway through their exchange semester, find themselves in financial difficulty. These students are awaiting an urgent response and she would like to know why these grants to universities have been drastically reduced.

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