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substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful for the excellent work that has been done. During its 20-year history, the Capital of Culture project has proved to be a success. In many cities, people have become involved who would not otherwise participate. Lowering the threshold and broadening the cultural arena is therefore a positive thing.
Why do we not broaden the scope of the Capital of Culture idea, however? Currently, 70% of us live in cities. The city is our closest cultural environment. However, cities have all too often been built mainly as traffic hubs. Noise and pollution levels therefore rise to inhumane proportions. Most Central Europeans have to put up with permanent noise pollution.
Noise and pollution have become significant cultural factors. Commissioner, cities should be developed into the cultural hubs of a knowledge-based economy, in accordance with the Lisbon Strategy. We are evolving into a digital network-aided cultural society. A Capital of Culture is hardly likely to grow up around a lorry terminal. For this reason, I do hope that in future the Capital of Culture will organise development seminars and planning competitions for the cities of today and tomorrow. Models should be built showing what a city in the cultured network society should be like.
Our cities have grown as physical traffic hubs dating from the Middle Ages, but this period ended centuries ago. Now we are living in a global digital networked environment. A global digital networked environment. Should not that mean changing the nature of cities and their cultures, and the models we present of them? What do you think, Commissioner Figel – are we stepping into the future?"@en1
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