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The European coalitions for cultural diversity are mobilised against the systematic attachment of a cultural cooperation protocol to the bilateral free trade negotiations conducted by the European Commission, and request the setting up of a general negotiating strategy to be specifically designed for culture. Read the declaration issued at the...

The European coalitions wrote a letter to the President of the European Commission, M. Barroso, urging him to intervene in order to dissociate the Protocol of Cultural Cooperation from the Free Trade agreement negotiations now being held with Korea. Read the letter and the comments of the European coalitions on...

The French Coalition for cultural diversity objects to audiovisual services being used as a trade-off in commercial negotiations. The French coalition for cultural diversity expressed its concerns with regards to the advancing negotiations between the European Union and Korea on a free trade agreement and its attached cultural cooperation protocol. Eager to...

Pascal Rogard, President of the French coalition for cultural diversity, wrote to Catherine Aston, External Trade Commissioner and to Viviane Reding, Information and Media Society Commissioner to express its concern about the advancing negotiations of a cultural trade agreement with Korea which could threaten the European audiovisual industry. Read Catherine...

The French Coalition for Cultural Diversity is concerned about the threats to the European cultural industry in case a cultural cooperation protocol should be included in the free trade agreements now being negotiated with India and Korea These concerns were notified in a letter dated February 26, 2008 to Mrs Albanel,...