As you will be aware, when the Council' s mandate for the Seattle Summit was being prepared, many Member States were particularly careful to stress cultural aspects and, above all, the European Union' s need to adopt a very firm position in these negotiations on protecting the specific nature of culture.
Som bekendt lå det under fastlæggelsen af Rådets mandat til topmødet i Seattle mange medlemsstater stærkt på sinde at understrege den kulturelle dimension og især, at EU i disse forhandlinger skulle indtage en meget fast holdning i forsvaret af den kulturelle egenart.