In his introduction, the President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering , stressed the shared outlook between the UN Alliance of Civilisations and the EP, with their emphasis on the importance of cultural interaction, and argued that there was a need in the modern world for practical not just symbolic steps on this front, such as the many projects the EP had supported in the context of Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
Direktīvas mērķis ir ar valsts iepirkuma palīdzību stimulēt videi draudzīgu, energoefektīvu transportlīdzekļu tirgu.