Karl - Eric Norrman
General Secretary of European Cultural Parliament
presentation: Listen to the Artists!
category: The Role of Culture
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abstract
The European idea has often been promoted by politicians, by
technocrats in Brussels/ Strasbourg or by business. Too little over the
years – by cultural personalities. Therefore Melina Mercouri´s
initiative so important! but where is the strong Brussels support?
In this spirit the ECP is contributing each year with an interesting
session, new European ideas, new European initiatives, new European
projects – from a cultural perspective.
Presentation of some ECP Members. Presentation of some ECP projects.
The role of artists and intellectuals in the Intercultural Dialogue.
Local identity, sub-regional identity, national identity, European
identity… The role of cultural personalities in communicating the
European idea. The Sibiu Declaration!
Cultural creativity through openness. Cultural and democratic values
which are not negotiable. The heritage from Greece and the
Enlightenment. The potential of Europe in a global comparison.
Schiller can still teach us a lot about Europe (not only “An die
Freude”, but also Wallenstein, etc.). The problem with cultural
politicians is that they change incessantly, which makes “cultural
politics” in Europe a very unstable and weak phenomena. Artists,
authors, philosophers and other cultural personalities represent a
sustainable resource in the European discourse, so “listen to the
artists!”
Website: Website of the ECP - The European Cultural Parliament
CV
Ambassador Karl-Erik Norrman is founder (2002) of the European Cultural Parliament (ECP), a forum for 150 cultural personalities from more than 40 European countries. As Swedish diplomat he served i.a. in Moscow, Peking, Geneva and Rome, was in charge of foreign policy, trade negotiations, development cooperation, UN negotiations. As ambassador since 1989 he was Swedish Commissioner General at EXPO 92 in Seville and in the 1990ies head of the Cultural Department, Foreign Ministry. He has also worked as opera singer and is author of several books and articles, i.a. about Germany, China, India, cultural politics, theatre, opera, design, European identities, football and transatlantic relations. He has two children and lives in Berlin and Stockholm.
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