European Capital of Culture
(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Istanbul's being the European Capital of Culture in 2010, whether she plans to appeal the European Commission decision to withdraw the UK from the European Capital of Culture competition.
This question was answered on 28th November 2017
The European Commission wrote to the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 22 November 2017. A copy of the letter has been placed in the Library. The five candidate cities were informed of the European Commission’s decision on 23 November 2017.