European culture is in the midst of a crisis. How decision-makers choose to respond now will set the scene for the next decade of cultural and creative life in our union. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, theatres, cinemas, music halls, museums and other venues of cultural expression have remained closed. Many of those …
The European Parliament has adopted yesterday with a large majority the own-initiative reports of Monica Semedo MEP on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU and of Dace Melbārde MEP on Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade: an Action Plan to Support Recovery and Transformation. The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity …
CULTURE AT THE HEART OF THIS WEEK EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY SESSION Read More »
The cultural and artistic sectors, the source of so much joy, inspiration, and moral support during this long year of the pandemic, have suffered a crushing blow. The artists, authors, musicians, and other creators and creative workers have seen their jobs disappear with revenues maybe never to return. Venues, touring, performances have been shut for …
ONE YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC: THE EU CULTURAL SECTORS NEED SUPPORT AND PERSPECTIVE Read More »
The EU Member States and the European Parliament agreed yesterday on the next EU long-term budget (2021-2027). This budget is of a particular importance as it will help the Union to recover from the sanitary crisis. As part of the EU Budget, the Member States and the European Parliament agreed to increase the budget of …
EU RECOVERY PLAN: MORE FUNDS FOR THE CULTURAL SECTOR Read More »
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity is part of the pan-European community of 110 networks and associations, calling on the Member States with the support of the European Commission to fully integrate culture in their national recovery and resilience plans, allocating at the very least 2% of the EU Recovery funds to the cultural sectors, …
The European Commission unveiled last Wednesday its plan for the EU for financial recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. We welcome the historical proposal of the European Commission to allow the EU to borrow on the financial markets and thus relieve the pressure on Member States to directly support their economies. However, the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) considers that this draft recovery plan does …
EU RECOVERY PLAN: A BAD SIGNAL FOR EU CULTURAL DIVERSITY Read More »
Last week, the Commissioners Mariya Gabriel in charge of Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Thierry Breton in charge of the Single Market have unveiled some measures to further help the cultural sector in a near future. The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) welcome the important announcements they made. Among …
MAKE WORDS INTO ACTION TO PROTECT EU CULTURAL DIVERSITY Read More »
Today, the Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution aiming at assessing the impact of the COVID19 crisis in the European Union and to set out recommendations to Member States and the European Commission. No doubt Members of the Parliament want to show solidarity and support Member States and the Commission in their action …
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS: WHAT PLACE FOR CULTURE? Read More »
Culture knows no borders. In this respect, the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) would like to remind us all that the UK cultural sectors will remain part of the wider European cultural ecology despite Brexit. Even after Brexit and since the UK has ratified the UNESCO-Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity …
BREXIT: ECCD HOPES THE BEST FOR THE EU CULTURAL DIVERSITY Read More »
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity are joining other cultural and creative organisations in asking the EU Commission president-elect to urgently refer to culture within the title of the Commissioner’s portfolio “Innovation and Youth”. The absence of the word “culture” would be a shocking and incomprehensible signal to give after the strong political advances, defended …
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) wholeheartedly welcome the adoption of the Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market by the European Parliament. After years of debates and heated campaigns, MEPs adopted yesterday a critical piece of legislation that aims at adapting the copyright to the digital world. The directive, when implemented in Member …
Read the joint letter of more than 230 cultural professional organisations in Europe asking the European Parliament to adopt the Copyright Directive end of March:
