The Lisbon Treaty, does it matter to arts and culture in Europe?
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citizensofculture
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http://www.cultureactioneurope.org
The Lisbon Treaty contains a couple of modifications of interest to the cultural sector.
The Maastricht Treaty (1992) gave a legal basis to EU cultural actions and policies for the first time (the famous article 151). Aimed at ‘encouraging’, ‘supporting’ and ‘supplementing’ the actions of the Member States, ‘while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore’, the article gave some competence to the EU, ...
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2009-12-08 12:13:58
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