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narrative3Artists, scientists and intellectuals across Europe have worked hard during the past months to discuss A New Narrative for Europe, which mobilizes the cultural sector and citizens for Europe by identifying the reasons why Europe matters today and why it is important to stand up against nationalism and populism and for our common European future.

On 1 March, the final declaration on the 'New Narrative for Europe' will be unveiled in the presence of Commission President José Manuel Barroso and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the 3rd and final general assembly of the project in the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. The declaration has been co-ordinated by a Cultural Committee consisting of eminent representatives from the cultural and artistic world that steers the project. The event is organised by the European Commission.

Background

The New Narrative for Europe is a project proposed by the European Parliament and implemented by the European Commission following the call issued by Commission President Barroso in his 2012 State of the Union Address to artists, writers, thinkers, scientists and cultural practitioners who are committed to the future of Europe and the European project.

President Barroso stated during the launch event in April 2013: "We need to continue to tell the story of Europe. Like a book it cannot only stay in the first pages, even if the first pages were extremely beautiful. We have to continue our narrative, continue to write the book of the present and of the future. This is why we need a new narrative for Europe.”

After the launch event in Brussels on 23 April 2013 and two general assemblies held in Warsaw (11 July 2013) and Milan (8-9 December 2013), the 3rd and final general assembly taking place in Berlin will mark the completion of the first stage of the New Narrative project entitled 'Forms of Imagination and Thinking for Europe'. The event in Berlin will be completed by an artistic performance showing the link between culture and the European project.

The event will be live-streamed here and here.

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