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"en.20110704.25.1-175-000"2
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"Mr President, last week a panel of judges, the members of which included European Commission officials, decided that Donostia-San Sebastián should be European Capital of Culture in 2016. The panel of judges believes that the Basque goal of bringing together and creating brotherhood between people with different ideas, from different races, backgrounds and languages deserved to win. The proposal won because it is original and constructive, because it is driven by the public and because it is backed up by the enthusiasm and impetus of the whole of society and its institutions.
The latest elections showed that the people wanted the City Council of Donostia to change hands, but the winning bid and the team behind it are still the same. However, for some Spanish media outlets and politicians, they have now gone from being deserving of recognition to being a danger to state security. These kinds of insults and disparaging remarks, which have also been directed at the panel of judges of the European Capital of Culture, makes one wonder why they are questioning democracy and diversity. We have the right to show the world an image of an open, welcoming, prosperous and proactive Basque Country, and we will do so with the winning proposal, because there is a lot more to us than violence and terrorism.
Helping us to tell people about this is an instrument for peace."@en1
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