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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...
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...
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 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...
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:
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) welcome the political agreement reached in trilogue between the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission, after long negotiations over the last few months. Since the beginning of the Copyright directive reform’s process, the EU institutions came under great pressure and struggled...
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ENDORSES THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE: A GREAT SUPPORT FOR THE EUROPEAN CREATION Last Wednesday, the European Parliament adopted its position on the copyright directive in the Digital Single Market with a comfortable majority. The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) are delighted at this vote that will open...
On June 26th, 2018, the ECCD held an event at the European Parliament in Brussels: “Next EU Budget: What About Culture and Creative Europe?”. The event was hosted by Mr WENTA MEP and chaired by Carole TONGUE, Chair of the ECCD. Three speakers were invited: Guy GYPENS, Director of Kaaitheater...
AVMS DIRECTIVE: THE ECCD WELCOME THE AGREEMENT ON SUBTANCE The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) wholeheartedly welcome the agreement on the substantial rules of the Audiovisual Media Services directive (AVMS). The measures endorsed by the three European institutions on article 13 will strengthen the protection and promotion of...
In an letter send to the European Commission and co-signed by the European Coalition for Cultural Diversity with 66 other European organisations, the European cultural sector is urging the European Commission to increase significantly the EU budget dedicated to culture Read the letter: Boosting the EU culture budget – A...
TRILOGUE DISCUSSIONS ON AVMS: SAME RULES FOR LINEAR AND VOD SERVICES Based on the European Commission’s proposal on the AVMS directive, the Council and the European Parliament (in its CULT Committee report) have endorsed article 13 § 2. This article enables Member States to require VOD services targeting audiences in...
On January 24, 2018, the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity held a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on “Cultural Diversity: How To Sustain It In The Digital Age?”. The event was hosted by Viviane Reding MEP, former Vice-President of the European Commission and chaired by Carole Tongue, President of the European Coalitions...