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“If I could start again, I would start with culture”, Jean Monnet, founder of the European Union "Europe will be forged in crises, and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises". Jean Monnet "We are carrying out a great experiment, the fulfilment of the same recurrent dream that for ten centuries has revisited the peoples of Europe: creating between them an organisation putting an end to war and guaranteeing an eternal peace", Robert Schuman, French Prime Minister, Strasbourg, 16 May, 1949 "In times of economic difficulties and the social problems that these bring, access to culture can function as an impressive and effective tool to bring Europe and Europeans back in the driving seat for sustainable development and to strengthen the sense of cohesiveness between citizens", EU Cultural Platform “Because the world is changing so much, we must be prepared to answer the challenges. That will mean more Europe, not less Europe”, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, 10 November 2011 “Si le conscience d'Européenne n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer”, Michael Black "... our common European home" Mikhail Gorbachev “If you want to be lied to, watch TV, if you want the truth, go to the theatre”, Romanian saying, 1989 “Without culture, Europe will not be”, German theatre banner, 2009
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