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As European elections are getting close, the European coalitions for cultural diversity decided to approach the six candidates to the Commission Presidency to enquire about their respective positions on issues related to the defense and promotion of Culture. Particularly on the current negotiations of the Transatlantic Treaty with the United...
The European coalitions for cultural diversity fully support the call for a new deal for Culture in Europe launched by European creators, which was presented by director Peter Brook, filmmaker Costa-Gavras, composer-performer Jean-Michel Jarre, choreographer Blanca Li and director Macha Makeïeff at the Forum de Chaillot in Paris this morning.
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity ask the European Union not to question the founding principles of copyrights. Last December, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the review of copyrights rules. Deadline for inputs was Wednesday, March 5 2014. In their answer to the EC’s questionnaire, only available...
Over a hundred participants gathered at the European Parliament to attend the conference “How to adapt fiscal policies applying to cultural and audiovisual goods and services in the digital era?” organized by the European coalitions for cultural diversity on February 11th in Brussels. Members of the European Parliament and members...
The digital revolution brings numerous challenges for cultural and audiovisual goods and services: divergent VAT rates between member states, depending on whether they apply to physical or digital devices; Internet giants which establish their headquarters so as to escape taxation and obligations to support creation; the need to renew and...
The European coalitions for cultural diversity are relieved by the adoption of the new Cinema Communication The European coalitions for cultural diversity welcome the positive amendments in the new text of the Cinema Communication adopted by the European Commission a few days ago which states the criteria applicable within the...
The European Coalitions for cultural diversity welcome this success and urge the European Commission to respect the States’ decision The European Coalitions for cultural diversity congratulate EU Member States for their decision on June 14th to exclude audiovisual services from the negotiating mandate of the Free Trade Agreement between Europe...
EU-US trade negotiations: the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity welcome the position of the European Parliament supporting cultural exception The European Parliament, gathered in Plenary session in Strasbourg, sent yesterday a very good signal to the Council by adopting at a wide majority (391 votes in favor; 191 against; 17...
With a single voice, European filmmakers are requesting that audiovisual and cinema services be excluded from the forthcoming trade negotiations between Europe and the United States. The French Coalition fully supports this initiative and invites anyone who is attached to cultural diversity to sign this petition now opened to all. Link...
The European Coalitions for cultural diversity support the petition European filmmakers launched in order to denounce the negotiating mandate of the European Commission drafted within the framework of the forthcoming trade negotiations between Europe and the United States. Read the press release © Gina Sanders – Fotolia.com
The thirteen European coalitions wrote to M. Barroso to ask for the European Commission to respect its commitment to defend and promote the diversity of cultural expressions made when signing the 2005 UNESCO Convention. They urged him to obtain the exclusion of the cultural and audiovisual sector from the trade...
The Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques (DEPS) of the French ministry of Culture and Communications publishes research, statistics and figures on culture and communications in Europe. See the various studies published © alain wacquier – Fotolia.com