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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8625

17 January 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/culture
Rocard urges for cultural exception and criticises aznar

Bruxelles, 16/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - The recent declaration by Spanish Prime Minister José Maria Aznar whereby “cultural exception is fine for declining cultures” comes “as a surprise”, French Socialist Michel Rocard, Chairman of European Parliament's Committee on Culture, comments in a press release. He notes it is “indeed very rare for this often victorious politician or at any rate an effective, sly and cautious one, to allow a connotation of lack of reflection (...) and...

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