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"The position that we expressed on first reading of this report remains the same on second reading. We would thus like to reiterate the original warnings we put forward: there is no single ‘European cultural heritage’. Culture, like all historical phenomena, is not founded on any homogenous and shared identity: quite the contrary, it is the expression of antagonisms, conflicts and situations of cultural domination.
We are still unclear as to the point of defining a ‘European Union heritage’ on the basis of merely locating the elements of the heritage in question, when we know that ‘European’ heritage is borrowed from many cultures and could also be claimed by the Islamic world, by the cultures of the Mediterranean or by the cultures subjected to European colonialism.
The rapporteur seeks, through the construction of a symbolic EU cultural dimension, ‘to strengthen European citizens’ sense of belonging to the European Union’. However, this ignores the fact that the EU is increasingly out of step with the interests and legitimate aspirations of the public. It ignores the terrible consequences of EU policies in many areas, including culture. There are many examples which prove this, as we had occasion to report during the debate."@en1
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