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The aim of Culture 2007 is to modify the procedures used for awarding grants so that they are simpler than those used in the context of Culture 2000. In actual fact, one of the criticisms made of this programme concerns the poor way in which the system is managed. The ‘pull factor’ the system has on cultural operators creates a flood of projects, which are then selected in a seemingly arbitrary way: 80% of the projects presented are said to be rejected on procedural grounds! Yet, are we really sure that Culture 2007 is going to improve matters in that area? Rather, is it not the case that European bureaucracy itself is the issue?
In response to the famous words of Jean Monnet, who said: ‘if it were to be done again, I would begin with culture’, two remarks can be made:
that is a stupid thing to say, since European culture already existed, and had always existed; it is precisely for that reason that we talk about Europe!
thank goodness the technocrats in Brussels are not in charge of culture; otherwise it would be in a sad state today; one only need look at what happened to agriculture and the steel industry."@en1
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