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"Madam President, in the debate on this report at first reading, we drew attention to the eminently exploitative understanding of culture current in the European Union. Culture is here viewed as an instrument to, in the words of the rapporteur, ‘strengthen European citizens’ sense of belonging to the European Union’.
Let us talk, then, about culture in the European Union and let us talk about the scars that the European Union’s policies are leaving on culture. Let us talk, specifically, about the so-called financial bailout programmes of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund; programmes of veritable aggression; aggression against democratic values, against social and labour rights, and against culture too. It is the heritage being neglected; it is the penury budgets; it is the restrictions on the free creation and enjoyment of culture; it is the closure of schools; it is the increased prices of museums and cultural attractions.
It is in this context – largely, I cannot fail to point out, imposed by the European Union – that this report is being debated. We are talking about making efforts, on the basis of a symbolic cultural dimension, to legitimise integration whose direction is, unfortunately, ever more against the interests and legitimate aspirations of the public.
This initiative cannot, therefore, be separated from the intense ideological struggle, naturally linked to the extremely lively social struggle taking place throughout the European Union. This attempt will achieve little in this context, let me tell you.
We would also like to raise another concern. Heritage is a sensitive area, because it cannot be separated from history. Let us hope this will not be yet another opening for the worrying and shameful processes of rewriting history that we have been witnessing in various countries over the last few years."@en1
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