Extract from the public debate at the 2762nd meeting of the Council of the European Union in its Education, Youth and Culture configuration, held on 13 November 2006 in Brussels, on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and the designation of the European Capitals of Culture for 2010. Since 2006, the press conferences, the public debates and a large number of the deliberations of the Council have been available to view, live or on request, on the Council’s website at http://www.consilium.europa.eu.