Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-31-Speech-3-227"
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Year of Intercultural Dialogue is intended to help to foster harmony in the multicultural societies of the EU Member States. I would therefore have expected the proposal to place a major emphasis on involving the citizens in such dialogue. The way in which the project budget has been structured, however, does not suggest that that is the case. A total of EUR 10 million has been allocated, and structured on the basis of three types of action, according to level: points A) and B) at Community level together account for around EUR 7.5 million, or 75% of the budget, whereas point C) for actions at national level, provided they offer added European value, will only receive EUR 2.5 million. The sums awarded per State amount to EUR 100 000, that is to say, only 1% of the project budget will be earmarked for each State. The way in which the budget of this project has been structured would strongly indicate that the oft-proclaimed and highly ambitious ‘main aim of the project, to promote dialogue among all cultures and among everyone living in the European Union,’ will be difficult, if not impossible to fulfil. The reason for this is simple – a lack of financial resources to establish wide-ranging dialogue between people at national and at bilateral and multilateral international levels. Such contact could contribute most to the development of mutual respect, understanding and admiration on the basis of cultural understanding."@en1
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