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With regard to the question asked by Mr Marinos, I would like, first of all, to emphasise that the Council is fully aware that the cultural dimension is without a doubt one of Europe’s great triumphs and that we need to make every effort to safeguard our cultural identity. I think that these factors have played a role in the various positions adopted by the Union in its external relations. An example of this is the way we have conveyed our concerns within the World Trade Organisation.
Nor does the Council underestimate the importance of culture and sport in economic terms. As this is the case, I would like to point out, Mr Marinos, that if the cultural dimension of European policy is to deserve the attention of the competent authorities, this will have to be done with due regard to the principle of subsidiarity, taking into account what has to be done at national level as well as at Community level.
With regard to Mr Nogueira Román’s question on employment, I refer to what I said earlier: this issue is still of concern to members of national parliaments and to national governments, and it will, of course, occupy a central place in the Portuguese Presidency’s programme. Some people even say that it is too high in the Portuguese Presidency’s order of priorities, given that Portugal does not even have a very high level of unemployment. However, we shall be conducting our presidency with a European perspective. I think that the Lisbon European Council and the initiative to which I referred earlier meet this requirement perfectly.
I believe, Mr President, that the issues you have put to me are connected with the questions by Mr Bushill-Matthews and Mr Nogueira Román. On the subject of the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference, I would like to say that the Council can only refer you, gentlemen, to the conclusions of the Cologne and Helsinki European Councils, which defined the mandates for this conference. It should therefore continue to be the responsibility of the conference itself, which is an intergovernmental structure, to study how the issues you have raised could be incorporated into its work within the scope of its mandate. Of course, the extensive support which the Portuguese Presidency is attempting to give to the role of the Members of the European Parliament who will be taking part in the preparatory group will enable them to speak about and channel this Parliament’s concerns via this preparatory group. The President of the European Parliament will also have an opportunity to make progress in this area, at ministerial level.
With regard to the rotating presidency, this is not an issue which the Portuguese Presidency intends to raise on its own initiative at the next Intergovernmental Conference. However, if anyone does wish to address this issue, we shall take account of that, and we shall table it for the Conference."@en1
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