Cultural and Educational Rights in the enlarged Europe - Jan De Groof
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“If I were to begin again, I would begin with culture”, said Jean Monnet, the founding father of the European Economic Community. Robert Schuman, co-founder of the European Community of Coal and Steel, wrote in 1963: “Before becoming a military alliance or an economic entity, Europe has to be a cultural community in the highest sense of the Word.”
Nevertheless, the European Union is steel seen by most citizens as a mere functional arrangement facilitating free trade an mutual co-operation. On the economy, the success of the single market is widely acknowledged. The European Community has also proven effective as a peace project – a framework within which national identities, and some of the conflicts they can generate, have been tempered by the consciousness of being European. However, we have more to do on cultural diversity. Whereas the first responsibility for the realization of cultural and educational rights obligations still lies with the state, a prominent place to education and culture could be laid do...
Nevertheless, the European Union is steel seen by most citizens as a mere functional arrangement facilitating free trade an mutual co-operation. On the economy, the success of the single market is widely acknowledged. The European Community has also proven effective as a peace project – a framework within which national identities, and some of the conflicts they can generate, have been tempered by the consciousness of being European. However, we have more to do on cultural diversity. Whereas the first responsibility for the realization of cultural and educational rights obligations still lies with the state, a prominent place to education and culture could be laid do...
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