The view of culture in the UE

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The increasing integration of new countries in the EU is beyond the economic point of view. The EU will able to grow if the communication among the member states is improved. Improving communication among the member states and its people will help to understand, tolerate and respect foreign cultures. To achieve this objective, the EU must develop its policies in education, social and culture. In these three areas, the action of the EU is not up the market, since the member countries are not in favor of a supranational intervention.

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[...] Culture: a sensible issue in the WTO 2. Cultural Exception vs. Liberalization 3. Solutions for a common cultural project Conclusion References Introduction The increasing integration of new countries in the EU must now go further than the economic point of view. The EU will able to grow and stay if the communication among the peoples is improved. Improving communication among various peoples means to know, to understand, to tolerate and to respect foreign cultures. To reach this objective, the EU must develop its policies in education, social and culture. [...]

[...] Institutes of each country setting abroad were built and are still in charge of this mission. The institutes are directly controlled by the embassies. France was the first country considering external cultural policy and its first institutes were set up at the end of the 19th century. But this trend strongly increased in all European countries after the Second World War. The AFAA for France, the Goethe Institute or the British Council are some examples of such institutes. The internal cultural policy aims at promoting and supporting the idea of culture in each country. [...]

[...] But this is not the main reason: the only interest in culture of the USA is the additional profitability it could generate. Furthermore, audiovisual in the USA is the sector that generates the main part of the commercial balance sheet. That's why the debate in the WTO is still limited mainly to cinema, audiovisual and books. In 1947, the GATT allowed the set up of quotas in each country concerning the diffusion of foreign and national films, programs and songs. [...]

[...] The second part will consequently present the European cultural project as a complement of national cultural policies: its evolution, its bases, its organisation and its limits. The last part will study the economic overview of culture. Why is the European notion of culture threatened? How can it affect the European peoples? Which solutions regarding the European cultural policy? I. Different national approaches in cultural policies Latin people first used the word culture as, in its first meaning, “labour of fields” and Cicéron enlarged the meaning to “culture of soul”. [...]

[...] - The second part is financing huge projects that can help European people to understand the common heritage: the nomination of a European cultural capital, creation of the European days - The last part is for specific projects based on innovation and experience and gathering at least four Members States. This part helps the development of new artistic forms in Europe. The actions of regional, social and agricultural funds The regional fund has been co-financing since 1975 cultural projects in region in difficulties to attract tourists and people in general. Theses regions are most of time old industrial region. [...]