EU social-rights vice-president visits Budapest to discuss Erasmus+, labour rights and pay equality

Roxana Minzatu, the European Commission’s executive vice-president responsible for social rights and skills, began a two-day trip to Budapest on Monday. Her talks will focus on restoring full access to the Erasmus+ programme for Hungarian higher-education institutions, as well as on broader topics such as employee protections and the gender pay gap. The European Commission Representation in Hungary and the national Erasmus+ office are organising an event where Minzatu will sit down with the Education and Child Care Ministry and with both current and alumni Erasmus+ participants.

On Tuesday she will hold discussions with trade unions, employer organisations and officials from the public education sector, followed by a keynote at a conference titled “Egyenlő bérezés napja: Mennyit ér a nők munkája?”. She will also meet ministers Lőrincz Viktória, Kátai-Németh Vilmos and Lannert Judit. The EU Council has recently adopted the Commission’s proposal that removes the 2022 conditionality rule linking EU funding to rule-of-law compliance.