The EU wants students from the bloc’s southern neighbors to join its Erasmus exchange program, it announced Thursday as part of a broader plan to bolster Europe’s presence in the Mediterranean region.
The inclusion of non-EU students from countries in Africa and the Middle East is part of the “Pact for the Mediterraneanâ€, which also includes a proposal to double the EU’s budget for this region to €42 billion.
The bloc’s Mediterranean partners include Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia.
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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told journalists the pact includes more than 100 projects, ranging from support for 5G networks and improved mobile connectivity in the region, to youth-focused programs and “rail, road, maritime links to subsea cables carrying data between our nations.â€
The EU’s Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica said the pact aims to “connect young people†and broaden the Erasmus Plus and Horizon Europe programs, calling it the “Mediterranean University.†{snip}
“We will also scale up talent partnerships with Morocco, with Tunisia and with Egypt, and facilitate issuance of visas in particular for studentsâ€Â from these countries, Šuica said.
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