Thread by @TerryReintke

Together with 144 colleagues - I have send this letter to the Commission:

To explore ways for Scotland and Wales to stay in Erasmus.

For me, it is also a tribute to all the wonderful people who made me feel welcome and at home in Edinburgh during my own Erasmus year.

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Here you can find the full letter and all the signatories so far.

I have never had so much support for an initiative in such a short period of time.

In 1,5 days we collected more than a fifth of all signatures from MEPs - from all democratic groups and across the EU.

Thanks to all the MEPs who signed.

There are no guarantees that it will be possible, but we at least wanted to explore everything - together with the Commission and the respective governments - how we can find a good solution for this situation.

I will keep you posted.

Obviously, if a solution was to be found, it could potentially also work for Northern Ireland. But as the situation for NI currently is a bit different, we did not include it in the letter at this stage.

Also: The numbers of the signatories differ in some articles because we still have colleagues calling my office and sending mails that they want to support the initiative.