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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11962
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CULTURE - EDUCATION / Education

Financial future of Erasmus + programme debated at Council of EU

European Education Ministers unanimously support updating and strengthening the Erasmus + programme after 2020. During their meeting in Brussels on Thursday 15 February, they did, nonetheless, display a certain amount of division on the means of reaching this goal.

The Erasmus + programme covers education, training, youth and sport. It has a budget of €14.7 billion for the 2014-20 period and provides opportunities for study periods, trainee placements and apprenticeships for higher...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: How do we resist the resistible rise of Arturo Ui this time round? (I)
EXTERNAL ACTION
BALKANS: Europeans disunited about strategy on Western Balkans
SYRIA: Europeans cautious about possible French airstrikes
MOLDOVA: Tudor Ulianovschi highlights implementation of association agreement
PARAGUAY: Federica Mogherini appoints Renate Weber head of election observation mission
BREXIT
UNITED KINGDOM: Concerned at negotiations, Borissov calls on London to reconsider Brexit
CULTURE - EDUCATION
EDUCATION: Financial future of Erasmus + programme debated at Council of EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Controversial new Hungarian law on activities of NGOs suspected of supporting immigration
AGRICULTURE: Large-scale dairy cattle fraud uncovered in Netherlands
CONSUMERS: Facebook and Twitter do not always abide by EU consumer protection rules
DIGITAL: Co-legislators only planning to target certain video sharing platforms in context of audio-visual media standards
JUSTICE: Tackling non-cash payment instrument fraud and criterion of intention to commit an offence at heart of Council discussions
COHESION: Regions disappointed and worried by Commission's budget framework proposals
REGIONS: European Commission earmarks €104 million from EUSF for four member states
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: MEPs express preference for Philip Lane in race for ECB vice-presidency
ENTERPRISE: British MPs says small businesses are not ready for Brexit
EUROGROUP: Greece, ESM reform and Banking Union on Eurogroup agenda
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Nathalie Loiseau calls on EESC to participate in citizens' consultations
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL EUROPE: Human Rights Commissioner and Conference of INGOs speak out against 'Stop Soros' laws being examined in Hungary
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Sigrid Kaag takes over as interim foreign minister of Netherlands
COHESION: Commissioner Crețu provides assurances that proposals for next European budget are not Commission's position
UNITED STATES: EU sends condolences after high school shooting
TAXATION: Commission examines VAT repayment systems
TRANSPORT: Unions do not want new technologies to be used to undermine dock workers