LEGIFERAREA CULTURII LA NIVEL EUROPEAN

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Unitate în diversitate–

Oana Corina MOLDOVEAN

Parlamentul European, Comisia de Cultură si EducaŃie Bruxelles

Tel. 0745036675, e-mail omoldovean@gmail.com

Abstract

If at first they were not part of the Community area of competence, culture and education

gained a new status once the Treaty of Maastricht was adopted in 1991. Thus, EU initiatives came

to supplement the Member States’ actions in order to stimulate the creation of a “European Culture

Area”. Several tools have been used to this extent: from mere regulation –by the European

Parliament together with the Council of Ministers –on the basis of the European Commission

proposals, to substantial financial support through specific programs. Without any doubt, culture

represents a means of European integration, whilst generating international visibility for the

European Union, having at its basis the fundamental principle of “unity in diversity”.

Cuvinte cheie

(Programul cadru) Cultura, 5.(unitate in) diversitate

: 1. (Tratatul de la) Maastricht, 2. aditionalitate, 3. (programe de) finantare, 4.