EU presses UK to guarantee discounted university tuition fees for European students
Summary
The EU wants the UK to commit to discounted domestic-rate university tuition for European students before a summit scheduled for 20 November in Brussels. At least six EU member states oppose postponing the issue, and officials say unresolved tuition fees could hold up other planned UK-EU agreements.Key Facts
- The summit is expected to cover food and drink trade, carbon markets and youth exchange, alongside a proposed trusted partnership on steel and defence.
- The EU is seeking to restore pre-Brexit tuition rates, under which European students paid the UK domestic rate rather than higher international fees.
- International undergraduate tuition fees in the UK can be about four to six times higher than domestic rates.
- European Commission negotiators proposed delaying a tuition-fee agreement by six months, but at least six member states want it settled by the summit.
- The proposed youth experience scheme would let people aged 18 to 30 live, work and study on both sides of the Channel.
- EU officials say the food and drink agreement, estimated to be worth £5.1 billion a year to the UK economy, could be delayed without a satisfactory tuition-fee agreement.
- The EU could also delay a planned link between emissions trading systems and talks on the UK's possible return to the European electricity market.
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