Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-27-Speech-3-259"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkish participation in Socrates and Youth for Europe programmes2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991027.11.3-259"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-27-Speech-3-2602
lpv:speaker	lp:Barbara O'toole2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, my thanks to Mr Gargani for bringing forward this report and to Members of the previous Parliament who also put some work into ensuring that it comes before us tonight. Of course it is not an issue without contention. There are largely two approaches to dealing with this sort of issue. The first is to say that we are letting people off the hook without allowing them to fulfil their obligations. The second – and a view to which I subscribe – is that we are actually allowing the power of cultural activities to cut across people’s differences and to change people’s lives. While there are serious issues that are not entirely resolved here, if we want to have a healthy European future and a healthy European project, we depend on such initiatives to take this forward. These initiatives are vital to changing people’s attitudes. If we look at change and coexistence as our goal, then we need to look no further than Northern Ireland where we have brought people together through European funds and dramatically changed the landscape of conflict. It is this that can be achieved from this sort of initiative, and this that will help Europe, its borders and its beneficiaries to put forward an agenda of change. I echo Mr Gargani in saying that all of the issues that have been discussed around the Chamber tonight seek to ensure that culture is seen as a priority; that it is not just, for instance, the euro or jobs and employment that will bring a successful European project together. Cultural change will ultimately concretise the ideals and ideas that we all have in promoting our future together."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"O’Toole (PSE )."1

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