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DRAFT BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT (COM(2025)0549 – C100170/2025 – 2025/0222(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888

BUDG-PA-784147

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Lucia Yar

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The Committee on Budgets gives its budgetary assessment of the proposed Erasmus+ programme for 2028-2034, which would repeal Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888. It says the programme envelope should be increased, with inflation taken into account, and that the proposed budget is insufficient to meet the Europe on the Move targets. It deplores the lack of budget breakdown and of a detailed indicative nomenclature, and recommends fixing indicative sub-envelopes for education and training, youth, sport and volunteering. It calls for effective synergies with other programmes, clear limits on external assigned revenue, and full control by the budgetary authority over how resources are combined. It asks for compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Union values, a comprehensive ex-ante screening, and a "smart conditionality" approach. It calls for at least 75% of the budget under indirect management, revised mobility funding rules, and structured cooperation with national agencies.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets proposes that the Erasmus+ budget be increased, that indicative sub-envelopes be fixed, that synergies and scrutiny be strengthened, and that at least 75% be implemented under indirect management.

Key points

  1. The Committee on Budgets carried out a budgetary assessment of the proposal under Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure.
  2. Demand for Erasmus+ participation has largely exceeded available resources, leaving reduced opportunities and many projects unfunded.
  3. The programme envelope should be increased, taking inflation into account, and the European Solidarity Corps should be integrated optimally.
  4. The proposed budget seems insufficient to meet the Europe on the Move targets, so an increase is required.
  5. Sufficient human and technical, including IT, resources must be available from the outset and throughout the next MFF.
  6. The lack of budget breakdown and of a detailed indicative nomenclature is deplored; indicative sub-envelopes should be fixed in the basic act for education and training, youth, sport and volunteering.
  7. Detailed legislation and appropriate governance are needed for budgetary decision-making and parliamentary oversight, with provisions to strengthen control over budget mobilisation and spending.
  8. Effective synergies are called for with the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe and NRPPs, without harming traceability or the budgetary authority's prerogatives.
  9. The use of external assigned revenue must be clearly circumscribed, fully transparent and subject to parliamentary scrutiny.
  10. Changes to the programme's architecture, objectives and eligible actions must be reflected in the monitoring provisions under Annex I of the performance regulation.
  11. Compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 2 TEU values is required, with a comprehensive ex-ante screening in award procedures and a "smart conditionality" approach.
  12. At least 75% of the budget should be implemented under indirect management, with predictable resources for national agencies and revised mobility funding rules.

Who is affected

  • National agencies, which would benefit from at least 75% indirect management and predictable annual budgets.
  • Students, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds, who would face revised mobility grant amounts.
  • The Commission, which is urged to explore "smart conditionality" and ensure compliance with Union values.
  • Member States, which must ensure compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights in budget implementation.

Figures and deadlines

  • At least 75% of the Programme's budget to be implemented under indirect management.