Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-22-Speech-2-069"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-02-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Capital of Culture - 2005 to 20192
dcterms:Language	"sl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050222.5.2-069"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-02-22-Speech-2-0702
lpv:speaker	lp:Ljudmila Novak2
lpv:spokenAs	member; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Nova Slovenija (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I welcome the proposal whereby from 2009 the new Member States of the European Union will also have the opportunity to stand as candidates for the ‘European capital of culture’ event. In my own country of Slovenia we celebrate every 8 February as a cultural holiday, and this is also a national holiday. On that day visits to exhibitions and museums are free, and numerous cultural events take place around the holiday. Nevertheless there is no shortage of people in Slovenia, too, who claim that culture is merely something superfluous and unnecessary, since it brings in no money directly. However, during the time of the holiday at least, we are more intensively preoccupied with the importance and value of culture, and we attend events that we would not normally find the time to attend. It is precisely due to the preservation of its cultural heritage and language that the Slovenian nation of just two million people survived all the ravages of the world wars and the aspirations of neighbouring nations to erase us from the ethnic map of Europe. In a culturally and ethnically diverse Europe it is all the more important for us to establish bridges between us. Preserving one’s own culture and enjoying the diversity and richness of other nations must be and must remain our guiding principle, since it is culture that is the least intrusive link between nations that wish to live in peace and mutual cooperation. The European capital of culture makes it possible for us to forge such links. At the same time it offers the possibility for each host to make greater investments in cultural facilities and in projects with long-term positive effects."@en1

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