26 May 2015 | Press Release by ISM CR and other groups | Czech here
Well known personalities have signed an open letter to the EU Commission demanding that events organized as part of the European Capital of Culture comply with the EU foreign policy, avoid misinforming or manipulating the public for political interests of third party countries, and avoid being used to whitewash illegal acts.
Roger Waters, musician and founder of Pink Floyd; Noam Chomsky, linguist and philosopher; Alice Walker, writer and poet, and Pulitzer price winner; Hedy Epstein, member of Jewish Voice for Peace and holocaust survivor; and other well known personalities from around the world – academicians, artists and public figures from Europe, USA, Palestine and Israel, have turned to the EU Commissioner for Culture, Mr Tibor Navracsics, and to other EU bodies responsible for the selection and monitoring of the European Capital of Culture, regarding the Festival “Days of Jerusalem” held in Pilsen in 2015. A copy of the letter was sent also to the President of the EU Parliament and to the President of the EU Council, as these institutions set out the criteria for the European Capital of Culture.
