Written question - Foreign investment in private education and its impact on public education in the European Union - E-002794/2025

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Question for written answer E-002794/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Nikos Pappas (The Left)

Education is a fundamental public good, with the EU committed - through Regulation (EU) 2021/817 - to promoting quality and equality. It is crucial that recent developments in private education do not undermine these objectives.

In recent years, there has been an increasing infiltration of foreign investment capital into private education in Member States such as Greece, Italy, Cyprus and the Netherlands. International investment groups are acquiring educational institutions, which raises questions about the impact on public education, equal access and social cohesion. In some cases, inequalities are increasing and there is a risk of ‘two-tier education’.

In view of the above:

Submitted: 9.7.2025

Last updated: 14 July 2025

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