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Europe in Recovery: An expression of humanity
Europe’s cultural and creative workers have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. We must ensure they are actively included in all our recovery and revitalisation efforts, argues Romeo Franz.
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01 Jun 2021
It’s just over a year since the COVID-19 outbreak began and there’s no doubt that the cultural and creative sectors have suffered heavily under lockdown. As a result, both sectors have seen an almost total collapse in activity which has had a tremendous economic impact on their businesses and employees. Almost eight million people across the EU work in the cultural and creative sectors, accounting for over four percent of the EU’s gross domestic product.
26 Jan 2021 | News
MEPs raise doubts about the funding of New European Bauhaus
Parliament welcomes the start of the first phase of the project to marry form and function with sustainability, but asks how the Commission plans to fund it
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The New European Bauhaus project has entered the design phase, but the European Commission still has no plan for how it will be funded, prompting the European Parliament’s Culture and Education committee to demand clarity.
“The project needs to be credible, and for the project to be credible, it needs clear results. And for results, we need funds,” said green MEP Diana Riba i Giner.