Europe for Citizens

Motion that the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 18719/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, a draft Council Regulation establishing for the period 2014-20 the Programme “Europe for Citizens”; notes that the remembrance activities with which it is concerned will include the commemoration of those who died in two World Wars, including the Holocaust; notes that the programme also supports citizens’ more active civic participation in the EU institutions for the purposes of education, accountability and transparency; notes the success that the UK has achieved against its key priorities, and in particular the reduction in budget to just under €185.5 million from €215 million for the 2007-13 programme; further notes the potential value of the programme to UK citizens and organisations at the time of the centenary of the outbreak of World War I; and supports the view of the Government that it is right for the UK to support the draft Regulation and enable its implementation. Agreed to on question.