The Size of Erasmus+ Will Determine the EU Ambition in Education
The Size of Erasmus+ Will Determine the EU Ambition in Education

Author(s): Karel Barták
Subject(s): Education, State/Government and Education, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: EUROPEUM - Institut pro evropskou politiku
Summary/Abstract: Education is an area in which the EU holds nearly zero competences as it falls fully under the subsidiarity principle. The EU cannot impose or infringe upon the structure of educational systems, curricula or even teaching itself. Education is solely the purview of member states' governments. The EU does, for instance, not interfere in decisions about the duration of secondary schools or about the subjects imposed for compulsory final exams. And yet, with the Erasmus+ programme, the EU is a major player in education and influencer of the young generation.

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