"Investing in education and universities is important for Europe's competitiveness" (R. Minzatu)

"The European universities alliances are one example showing that investing in education and stronger universities in Europe is very important for our competitiveness. We will continue to finance them so that they are globally competitive and can support our efforts to boost our industries, start-ups, innovation, decarbonisation, and all our goals", states Roxana Minzatu, Vice-President in charge in particular of skills, on 16/07/2025.

The College of Commissioners presents its proposal for the MFF 2028-2034, which amounts to €2 trillion, after the meeting that led to the adoption of the proposal by the 27 representatives of the European Commission.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, announces that the budget for the Erasmus+ programme is increased by 50% (according to News Tank calculations, the increase from €26.2 Bn to €40.8 Bn is an increase of 55.73%) and the budget for Horizon Europe is doubled (the increase from €93.5 Bn to €175 Bn for Horizon Europe is 87.2%).

Horizon Europe is linked to the Competitiveness Fund (ECF), which "can be summed up in a…