No negatives in Erasmus+

What will become of the UK’s capacity to speak other languages if we lose Erasmus+ after Brexit?

One of the European Union’s lesser-known aims is that every citizen should master two languages other than their mother tongue. The ability to communicate in other languages is—far more than most Britons appreciate—a mainstay of the EU project and the aspirations of the single market.

Freedom of movement, which is one of the four pillars of the EU and still the thickest red line in the Brexit negotiations, demands it. And a central plank of the EU’s language policy is the Erasmus+ scheme, which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in November.