Europe: a Tower of Babel
Don't fear the Polish plumber, says Slovak Ján Figel', European Commissioner for Education, Training and Culture
'Life is change. Europe is a moving target.' Ján Figel' , 47, has been in post since the end of 2004. He stresses civilian responsibility for creating Europe, since 'Europe won't change without her 500 million citizens.'
Strengthening the Bologna process (the reform process for European higher education), and improving school and university systems are some of the good moves that Figel' has made as Commissioner. The budget for the Erasmus programme is due to triple from 1 billion Euros for the last 6 years to 3 billion Euros for the next 7 years. 'Universities were closed in the era of totalitarian regimes. We mustn't forget this important history lesson, so we can reconnect with the Europe of invention and Renaissance, that of openness to knowledge.'
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