Higher education: co-operation with third countries, Erasmus Mundus programme 2004-2008

At the time of the debate which accompanied the adoption of the programme, Parliament congratulated its rapporteur, Mrs. SARNEZ, who facilitated the compromise concerning the financing of the new programme. Commissioner REDING stated that the Commission was ready to accept the Parliament's budgetary amendment (EUR 230 million to the Programme's financial envelope) as well as the six other amendments contained in the recommendation in order to allow the procedure to come to a close without conciliation and to allow ERASMUS MUNDUS to start from 2004.�