Training, education: establishment of a European Year of Lifelong Learning, 1996

In its communication setting out its opinion on the Council's common position, the Commission highlighted the fact that the principle of the European year of lifelong learning had been unanimously supported by the Council, which had not made any substantial amendments to the text of the Commission's amended proposal. However, it regretted that the Council had not retained a budget of ECU 8 million for this initiative, despite the fact that this amount corresponded to the total proposed by the Commission before enlargement. �