In his own speech, Mr Sampaio described the Alliance of Civilisations as a response to a modern global challenge - linked to globalisation, increased migration and 9/11 - namely "the huge - ethnic, cultural and religious - diversity of our societies and of the increasing difficulties we experience in living together".
Likumprojekts vēl formāli jāpieņem ES Padomei, kas direktīvu pieņem kopā ar Eiropas Parlamentu.