On 4 December 2025, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, recorded a video message at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, at the AgoraEU 2025 event of Portugal’s National Erasmus+ Agency for Youth and Sport.
In her statement, Ursula von der Leyen announced the proposition to double Erasmus+ for the next long term budget and build a new programme called AgoraEU to focus on culture, media and civil society.
This video shows her entire video message.