Den Europæiske Kulturby vil ikke, hvis Parlamentets forslag accepteres, kunne foregå uden medvirken fra byens indbyggere eller fra andre byer inden og uden for Unionen, som den indgår samarbejdsaftaler med.
After 2002, if Parliament's proposal is accepted, the European City of Culture can no longer be an event that has nothing to do with the people who live there, or with other cities, inside and outside the Union, with which it is called to join hands.