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"Article 20(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union establishes citizenship of the Union, explaining that: ‘Every person holding the nationality of a Member State shall be a citizen of the Union. Citizenship of the Union shall be additional to and not replace national citizenship’. In recent years a series of problems and obstacles to the civic participation of citizens in activities connected with the construction of the European project have been identified. It is therefore vital to promote projects which attract ever more citizens in general, and young people in particular, to the civic and political component. I agree with the proposal to designate 2013 as the ‘European Year of Citizens’, with the general objective of raising the awareness of citizens about the rights attached to Union citizenship, in order to enable them to make full use of their right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States. However, I believe it would be more appropriate to use the term ‘European Year of Citizenship’, and I feel that it is vital that the EUR 1 million budget made available for this initiative be significantly increased."@en1
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