iROZHLAS: Suspension of the Erasmus programme for Hungary? "Punishment and isolation of students."

"It is all part of the negotiations on the rule of law that Tibor Navrancsics (Minister of Regional Development in Viktor Orbán's government) had with the European Commission in the last months of last year. However, the move was not sudden. Navrancsics, who is the minister responsible for regional development and the distribution of EU funds, said the European Commission had no objection to active politicians sitting on university boards. However, the Commission has now denied this."

"Not all universities are affected, but the biggest ones will be affected by the decision. The students who will lose out most on Erasmus are not the children of upper-middle-class or middle-class parents from Budapest, but from smaller towns and rural areas. They certainly do not have the means to travel abroad, to gain foreign experience, to network with their peers and to work on their language skills. So, unfortunately, it would punish and isolate a student population that is already in a rather precarious position."

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