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"I welcome the initiative taken by the rapporteur in proposing a European-level debate on the role of schools and school education in maximising public access to culture.
What I regard as being particularly important is the repositioning of the parameters of education and culture, not only in the context of enlargement but also in that of European identity which, as I have just been saying, derives its strength from the variety of different cultures from which it is composed. I welcome the intention to give the European dimension an effective presence, particularly in language teaching, and not only in directly related subjects but also in all other school subjects. Nevertheless, I would like to sound a warning note about educational rootlessness and Eurocentrism, which ignore national cultures and their presence outside the European area. On the other hand, I regard the desire expressed for young people in general to familiarise themselves with the cultural heritage and the values underpinning national identities to be something positive, and the same applies to the option of ‘returning to our origins’ recommended for history teaching.
I voted for the report, although on some aspects of it I believe it is important to be vigilant about the risk of cutting across the division of competences on culture between the Member States and the European Union which is laid down in the treaties."@en1
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