Europe for Citizens Programme 2014-20

Europe for Citizens Programme 2014-20. Motion That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 18719/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, a draft Council Regulation establishing for the period 2014–2020 the programme Europe for Citizens; further 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; further notes that the programme also supports citizens’ more active civic participation in the EU institutions for the purposes of education, accountability and transparency; further 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.