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"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about culture at European level, we always mention the sum of the cultures of the different Member States that everyone should discover and make their own, but we rarely talk of a common heritage, a European heritage that transcends the history of each nation, reflecting the intense interaction and rich exchanges that have linked us for centuries.
The European Heritage Label was originally an intergovernmental initiative that was already testament to Europe’s cultural roots. Which sites were labelled? The Acropolis in Athens, the cradle of humanity’s first democracy. The Cluny Abbey, at the crossroads of Romanic civilisation, which saw the birth of European humanism. The Gdańsk shipyards, stronghold of the Solidarność union, whose courage changed the face of Europe. The house of Robert Schuman, a political visionary and founding father of the European Union. All are so many places where one can see our common history and the values that we defend together.
Tomorrow, we will vote to turn this intergovernmental initiative into a Community project, to enhance the credibility, profile and prestige of this label by establishing transparent and rigorous selection criteria.
Thank you to Chrysoula Paliadeli and the spirit of openness she has shown to defend a quality label awarded every other year, which encourages cooperation in promoting transnational sites, has an independent panel of experts fairly appointed by the institutions, and which finally does not reward a site’s beauty or architectural quality but its symbolic value for European integration.
We wrongly attribute to Jean Monnet, Europe’s founding father, the quote ‘If we had to do it again, I would start with culture’. The success of this formula is based on the idea that our Union was first economic, then political, but has never been cultural. Nonetheless, Europe was a community of painters, philosophers, artists and writers well before the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) or the Treaty of Rome.
This is not about creating an artificial European culture but rather about recognising the heritage we share. The European Heritage Label is an essential initiative to promoting a cultural Europe because it enables it to be recognised, taught and be influential."@en1
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