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"Education is a future-oriented policy," commissioner Navracsics argued. (Photo: Daily Mile)

Finance ministers are 'toughest challenge' to education policies

While the EU is seeing its way out of the economic crisis, the European Commission is trying to convince member states to pay more attention to youth and education policies.

"Education should play a bigger role than we probably have thought," commission vice president Jyrki Katainen noted on Tuesday (19 September).

His colleague in charge of youth and education, Tibor Navracsics noted that education and youth have been "victims" of austerity policies and that "we have to invest mo...

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