Itre & Cult committees "strongly oppose Council’s cuts in 2025 budget" for Horizon Europe & Erasmus+

The European Parliament's Cult and Itre committees have each sent a letter to the chair of the Parliament's Budget Committee, on 03/10 and 12/09/2024 respectively, with suggestions they would like to see included in the motion for a resolution on the European Union's general budget for the financial year 2025. This motion is scheduled for a plenary vote in November 2024.

The Cult committee "strongly opposes Council’s cuts in the 2025 budget, particularly to the Erasmus+ programme, one of the most successful Union programmes that strategically invests in young people’s future and decides to increase budget lines of Erasmus+ (+ € 58 M)".

The Itre committee "strongly rejects the approach taken by the Council in its position on the Commission’s draft EU budget for 2025 and its focus on cutting funds for strategic EU programmes" and "opposes the Council position to further reduce funding for EU R&I by €450M in commitments, with the bulk of the proposed reductions (€400 M) hitting the budget for Horizon Europe".

The committee also stresses the need to close Europe's innovation gaps…