Remove the spaces from the following sentence: The desire to initiate a proactive grassroots movement whose ambition it was to protect culture rather than the environment was expressed by EU Director for Culture, Multilingualism and Communication Vladimir Sucha. He stressed that there's room for such an initiative in the commission's proposal for a new cultural programme, Creative Europe, that covers the period up to 2020. That's an idea that former cultural activist Uffe Elbk fully supports.
ThedesiretoinitiateaproactivegrassrootsmovementwhoseambitionitwastoprotectcultureratherthantheenvironmentwasexpressedbyEUDirectorforCulture,MultilingualismandCommunicationVladimirSucha.Hestressedthatthere'sroomforsuchaninitiativeinthecommission'sproposalforanewculturalprogramme,CreativeEurope,thatcoverstheperiodupto2020.That'sanideathatformerculturalactivistUffeElbkfullysupports.