Leaders from the European Union agreed upon a common financial framework that includes funding for a new "Erasmus for all" mega-exchange programme, which combines previous exchange programmes into one new scheme. It also includes a loan guarantee scheme for Master's students.

A recent study on multilingualism in Europe makes for fascinating reading: more effort needs to be made on Content and Language Integrated Learning; Denmark and Greece lead the way in primary education, the UK tails behind.... yet 83% of companies use language skills as a factor in recruitment.