Establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands: Parliament adopted its position on 22 October 2026. Negotiations with the Council on a common text are under way.
- ✓ Referred to committee 23 October 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 29 September 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 2 October 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 22 October 2026
- 5 Negotiations with the Council Talks opened 22 October 2026
- 6 Published as law
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- CULT — Culture and Education
- Rapporteur
- Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Sabrina REPP S&DAnnamária VICSEK PfELara MAGONI ECRLaurence FARRENG RenewBenedetta SCUDERI Verts/ALENikos PAPPAS The LeftZsuzsanna BORVENDÉG ESN
- For opinion
- EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs · rapporteur Nela RIEHL Verts/ALECONT — Budgetary Control · rapporteur Daniel FREUND Verts/ALEDEVE — Development · rapporteur Carolina MORACE The Left
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in wording: a single word in the new recital on staff mobility is corrected. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version adds provisions on inclusion and diversity, including a target that at least 20 % of mobility participants are people with fewer opportunities, and sets the programme envelope at EUR 47 387 963 000 in current prices. It adds rules on protection of Union values and financial interests, including screening of beneficiaries, audit powers and investigations by the European Anti-Fraud Office and the European Public Prosecutor's Office. It adds new definitions, objectives and actions on adult learning, vocational education and training, school education, sport, youth and volunteering, and adds monitoring and reporting for the European Solidarity Corps and the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps. It adds provisions on budget nomenclature, traceability of expenditure, indirect management and periodic revision of funding levels. The other changes are formal: citations and footnotes are updated and chapter numbering is adjusted. see the changes →
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG),Opinion (EMPL),Opinion (CONT),Opinion (BUDG),Draft opinion (EMPL),Draft opinion (CONT),Opinion (DEVE),Draft opinion (DEVE)
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Negotiations with the Council
- 22 October 2026 Parliament opened negotiations with the Council
After its vote Parliament sent the file back to committee, so that its negotiators can seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 22 October 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 454 Against 34 Abstained 93
Final vote at 13:16 · 78% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 35 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on block vote Amendments by the committee responsible – block voteAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate voteAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Amendment 4 — part 2 13:12 A10-0257/2026 – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote – Am 4/2Adopted4. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate voteAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded5. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate voteAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate voteAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded7. Amendment 145 — part 2 13:12 A10-0257/2026 – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate vote – Am 145/2Adopted8. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate voteAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded9. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote Amendments by the committee responsible – separate voteAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded10. Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, point 12AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded11. Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, point 12Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded12. Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 1, point 12Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded13. Amendment 174 to Article 3, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 13:13 A10-0257/2026 – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski – Article 3, § 1, sub§ 1 – Am 174Rejected14. Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded15. Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 2, point bRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded16. Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 2, point bAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded17. Separate vote on Article 3, paragraph 3, after point bRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded18. Separate vote on Article 5, paragraph 1, after point aRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded19. Separate vote on Article 7, paragraph 1, point aRejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded20. Amendment 175 to Article 8, paragraph 1 13:14 A10-0257/2026 – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski – Article 8, § 1 – Am 175Rejected21. Separate vote on Article 8, paragraph 6RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded22. Amendment 176, adding text after Article 8 13:14 A10-0257/2026 – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski – After Article 8 – Am 176Rejected23. Separate vote on Article 9, paragraph 4RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded24. Amendment 177 to Article 13, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1, point e 13:14 A10-0257/2026 – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski – Article 13, § 2, sub§ 1, point e – Am 177Rejected25. Amendment 178 to Article 14, paragraph 1 13:15 A10-0257/2026 – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski – Article 14, § 1 – Am 178Rejected26. Separate vote on Article 14, after paragraph 1Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded27. Separate vote on Article 14, paragraph 5RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded28. Separate vote on recital 16AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.30. Separate vote on recital 25AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded31. Separate vote on recital 25Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded32. Amendment 173 to recital 27 13:15 A10-0257/2026 – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski – Recital 27 – Am 173Rejected33. Vote on text inserted after recital 27RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted35. Referral back to committee Request for referral back to committeeAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded - 21 October 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 13 October – 19 October 2026 178 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 2 October 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 29 September 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
CULT (Culture and Education) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 23 June 2026 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 12 June 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)
Members of CULT (Culture and Education) proposed changes to the draft.
- 3 June 2026 DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 2 June 2026 CONT (Budgetary Control) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 12 May 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CULT (Culture and Education). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 6 May 2026 EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 23 October 2025 Referred to the CULT (Culture and Education) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), CONT (Budgetary Control), DEVE (Development) give an opinion.