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# 92001E0313

**WRITTEN QUESTION E-0313/01 by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission. European Union Center.** 
  
*Official Journal 350 E , 11/12/2001 P. 0014 - 0015*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0313/01

by Daniel Hannan (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 February 2001)

Subject: European Union Center

Further to its reply to Written Question E-3046/00(1) of 8 December 2000, can the Commission indicate the nature of the funding which facilitated the establishment of the European Union Centers in the United States?

The literature offered by the one in California, bearing the European twelve-star flag, carries a panel indicating that it was established with the support of the European Commission.

What was the mission statement when that financial assistance was granted?

(1) OJ C 151 E, 22.5.2001, p. 47.

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(11 May 2001)

Following a recommendation by the European Parliament, the Commission launched in 1998 a call for tenders for the establishment of 10 European Centres in the United States. The Centres are devoted to promoting the New Transatlantic Agenda objectives, in particular concerning chapter IV building bridges across the Atlantic. The initiative is funded within the New Transatlantic Agenda framework.

This initiative is designed to:

- further the goals of the New Transatlantic Agenda through enhanced People-to-People Links among the citizens of the Union and the United States;

- promote greater understanding in the United States of the European Union as an evolving system of governance and as an international actor, and increased knowledge of Community policies; and

- increase awareness in the United States for the political, economic and cultural importance of the transatlantic relationship, especially the increasing scope of Community-United States relations.

More information about the European Union Centres in the United States can be found in the internet at: http://www.eucenters.org/.

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