The integration of cultural considerations in EU law and policies

Pursuant to Article 151(4) EC, when exercising its competences under the various policy areas within its purview, the European Community must heed the cultural repercussions of its activities, so as to refrain from jeopardising the preservation and further enhancement of Member States' cultural diversity. Evaluating the degree of accommodation, or lack thereof, of cultural considerations in EC law and action, this book offers valuable insight into the plethora of ways in which the European institutions seek to balance cultural with other legitimate EC policy objectives. The study draws upon a series of policy areas that are (or can be) enriched with a cultural dimension and examines concrete judicial and legislative instances attesting to the efforts deployed to deliver coherent, culture-sensitive policies at EC level. Pre-Maastricht intervention in the cultural domain: an early cultural agenda -- Community cultural competences: an appraisal of Article 151 EC -- Culture, free movement and European courts -- Internal market legislation and cultural mainstreaming -- Cultural mainstreaming in EC anti-trust and merger control -- Cultural mainstreaming in EC state aid control -- Cultural mainstreaming: an appraisal Drawing on a series of EC policy areas that possess a cultural component, this book offers analysis of the integration of cultural considerations in EC law and action, assessing the impact of Article 151(4) EC in the process