European student group demands Swiss association to Erasmus+

“Students cannot be used as bargaining chips” by politicians, union complains

A group representing students across Europe has called for Switzerland to be allowed to regain full access to the EU’s Erasmus+ academic mobility programme, saying the existing freeze-out is harming the continent’s young people.

Switzerland lost its full so-called ‘association’ to Erasmus in 2014, preventing its organisations and students from participating in most of the programme’s activities or receiving funding from it.