Background

As part of a package of legislative proposals to govern programmes under the 2028‑2034 multiannual financial framework (MFF), the Commission presented its proposal for the new Erasmus+ programme on 16 July 2025. The 2028‑2034 Erasmus+ would cover action on education and training, youth and sport, and integrate the volunteering opportunities and solidarity activities currently offered by the ESC, including the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps.

European Commission proposal

Erasmus+ would be allocated €40.8 billion in current prices (€36.2 billion in 2025 prices). This amount reflects a combined increase of around 49 % compared to the two programmes' total budget in current prices under the current MFF (a combined increase of around 30 % in 2025 prices). Learning mobility would remain a fundamental aspect of the programme and new actions would be introduced, such as the Erasmus+ scholarships in strategic educational fields. The proposal aims to strengthen inclusion in the programme and would introduce simplification measures and promote synergies. Unlike the 2021 Erasmus+ Regulation and the 2021 ESC Regulation, the Erasmus+ proposal does not specify an indicative distribution of the financial envelope among policy fields.

European Parliament position

On 29 September 2026, Parliament's Culture and Education (CULT) Committee adopted its report on the Commission proposal. The report calls for a programme budget of €47.38 billion in current prices (€42 billion in 2025 prices). It includes a distribution of the financial envelope among three policy fields – education and training (74.6 %), youth and volunteering (15 %), and sport (4.1 %) – as well as certain subfields. It also introduces minimum earmarking per policy field and calls for more detailed budgetary nomenclature. The report requests that integrating the ESC into Erasmus+ safeguard the visibility and accessibility of volunteering and solidarity initiatives.

To promote mobility under Erasmus+, the report calls for financial support mechanisms that take into account differences in, for instance, living and housing costs between host countries. Moreover, it sets a target that at least 20  % of all mobility participants be people with fewer opportunities. The report notes that Erasmus+ should be carried out by enhancing synergies with other EU programmes and funds; and that strategic scholarships should be co‑funded from additional resources or an EU contribution from another programme. The report also proposes to include an annex detailing programme‑specific performance indicators.