Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000458/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Harald Vilimsky (PfE)
The Commission has withdrawn funding for Erasmus and research projects from Modul University Vienna. It is argued that the university’s new owner is ‘close to Orbán’. The Commission’s decision is based on a 2022 Council decision intended to protect EU funds against ‘systematic corruption’.
- 1.To what extent, in the Commission’s view, should the education of young students and their further training abroad be regarded as a form of corruption?
- 2.How often has funding been discontinued on the basis of the 2022 decision, and what countries and institutions have been affected?
- 3.What body or Commissioner decided that funding for Modul University Vienna should be withdrawn, and were both the university and Hungarian representatives asked for their comments so that they could be taken into consideration in this process?
Submitted: 3.2.2025
Last updated: 11 February 2025