Universities remain ‘open to cooperation’, conference hears

A conference was organised in the Hague, Netherlands, by the Hungarian embassy, international consultancy firm EuroAtlantic Zrt and Mathias Corvinus Collegium on Hungarian universities being excluded from European Union funding, reports MTI-Hungary Today.

The vice-president of the international consultancy firm, EuroAtlantic Zrt, told MTI on Wednesday 15 May that the decision was unfair and without legal basis. Áron Fellegi said that the decision put the Hungarian universities and research institutes concerned in a very difficult situation.

The aim of the conference was to draw the attention of the international community, especially higher education institutions and companies in the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), to the fact that Hungarian universities remain open to cooperation. The Hungarian Ambassador to the Hague, Daniel Landeck, said it was regrettable that around 180,000 Hungarian students are unable to participate in Erasmus exchange programmes in Europe for “political reasons”.
Full report on the Hungary Today site