Cooperation of France and Germany within the Erasmus program

Abstract

The development of French-German educational cooperation in the framework of the European student and teacher exchange program Erasmus - partnership KA 103- is considered. The evolution of European cooperation in higher education in the post-war period is analyzed, its six main stages are identied. The origins of the creation of the Erasmus program in the 1980th and the difculties faced by the country in its creation are determined. Particular attention is paid to the role of France in the program approval process. The content of the Erasmus program and its three main lines of action are determined. The development of the program is traced through its transformation into the parts of SOCRATES, SOCRATES II programs, Lifelong Learning Programme; Erasmus Mundus and Erasmus + programs; their main features are revealed. The emphasis is on modifying the program in the direction of its expansion and a signicant increase in the number of participants. With the help of statistical sources, the participation of France and Germany in the program at its different stages of development was analyzed. The impact of European educational cooperation on bilateral cooperation between France and Germany is evaluated. The change in the attitude of the two countries to the Erasmus program, which evolved from skepticism to its full support, is revealed. It was concluded that France and Germany were the most active participants in the Erasmus program since its inception, and that European educational cooperation contributed to strengthening bilateral partnership between France and Germany and stimulated the exchange of students and teachers between the universities of the two countries.