Erasmus dispute: Magyar Péter’s camp announced nothing, students still cannot travel

The Erasmus dispute remains unresolved, despite claims from the Hungarian government that it has fulfilled the conditions needed for the programme to return. In practice, the affected universities can still apply, but they cannot sign the contracts required to send students abroad.

The next step is for Hungary to submit evidence of its corrective measures to the European Commission. The Commission would then reassess the situation and, if it considered the changes acceptable, propose that the Council lift the measures. The Council would have to approve that proposal by qualified majority.

The rules generally allow one-month deadlines at each stage, although those deadlines can be extended when justified or in exceptional circumstances. The Tűzfalcsoport argued that Hungary may not even have submitted the evidence yet. If it had, the article said, Judit Lannert and Péter Magyar would probably have appeared with the documents and announced that they had completed their “homework,” potentially allowing Erasmus to return within two or three months.

Instead, the issue remained unaddressed until opposition lawmakers began asking the prime minister when Lannert would be removed, according to Tűzfalcsoport. Meanwhile, the autumn semester of the 2026-27 academic year has begun.

Erasmus placements cannot be arranged by submitting a document on Monday and boarding a plane on Friday. Students must first be selected by their home university and nominated to a foreign partner institution. The host university must accept them, and the academic and grant agreements must then be completed. As a result, even a smooth EU process would not lead to large numbers of students from the 21 affected universities travelling on Erasmus scholarships in autumn 2026.

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They completed their homework.