Strasbourg, 06/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - A small group of University students and artists from Strasbourg have launched an initiative for a Europe of culture. They hope to i) set up a discussion to better analyse the culture and artistic creativity situation and ii) formulate precise proposals for artists, art and culture so that they finally find a true place in European integration. They focus in particular on: - improvements to the Culture 2000 programme, and other Community programmes and initiatives that could add to a Europe of culture; - steps to promote artists' mobility; - a special status for artists. The authors of this initiative will use the extraordinary session of the EP devoted to enlargement in early May in Strasbourg to press MEPs. (For further information: http://www.apollonia-art-exchanges.com or apollonia-art-exchanges@wanadoo.fr).