For the European Parliament, it was vital to involve as many members of the arts world as possible in the events, to instigate forms of lasting cooperation, to foster the creation and circulation of works of art, while enhancing our historic heritage and urban design, opening up initiatives to a wide-ranging public and avoiding Eurocentrism by involving as many non-European cultures as possible.
Para el Parlamento era esencial lograr la participación del mayor número de agentes culturales en las celebraciones, instigar formas de cooperación duradera, fomentar la creación y la circulación de las obras de arte, valorizar al mismo tiempo el patrimonio histórico y el design urbano, abrir las iniciativas a un público vasto y evitar el eurocentrismo asociando al máximo a las culturas no europeas.