The European Union cannot exist without the voice and ideas of a culture so deeply connected to its ancient and modern roots and to the very idea of Europe. A failure in the negotiations between Greece, the EU leadership and the IMF would be the worst failure of the European project since its foundation. It … Continued
Charges against street artist Shepard Fairey are excessive Culture Action Europe, together with other members of Arts Rights Justice Working Group, signed and supports the street artist Shepard Fairey, whose felony charges announced late last week are a disproportionate response to his alleged crime and could repress artistic expression. You can have a look at this statement … Continued
ARJ, together with international coalitions of arts and free speech advocacy groups*, issued a statement to support the Cuban performing artist Tania Bruguera, detained in Havana since December 2014, since Cuban authorities have confiscated her passport, banned her of leaving the country and other charges are still bought against her (public order offenses among others). She has been … Continued
After one year of work on this issue, CAE produced a Reflection Paper on Cultural (non) Participation in EU Member Countries, using evidences from Eurobarometer and notions related to well-being to better understand and help shaping strategies. This research has been conducted with the collaboration of Robert Manchin, CAE’s scientific co-director. This is an overview and … Continued
You will find here statements produced by Culture Action Europe on different political topics: Attachments Commission 2014-2019 Inclusion of Culture in the Jobs, Growth and Investment Package Statement (299 kB)Commission 2014-2019 Reaction to Mr. Juncker proposal Statement (294 kB)Commission 2014-2019 Reaction to Mr. Navracsics’s hearing Statement (271 kB)Commission 2014-2019 European Commission structure and culture … Continued
CAE has produced a Reflection Paper on Culture and Wellbeing “theory, methodology and other challenges: an itinerary”. The research was conducted in collaboration with Annalisa Cicerchia, CAE scientific co-director. This project aims at assessing the impact of culture on well-being, starting from the direct experience of cultural operators and organizations and from their public and … Continued
Together with its partners from the Culture Coalition (Arterial Network, Culture 21, ICOMOS , IFACCA, IFCCD, IFLA, International Music Council, Red Latinoamericana de Arte para la Transformacion Social) are part of the inivitative called “Culture 2015 Goals”, in order to advocate for the inclusion of Culture in the new development goals of the United Nations for a sustainable future. In … Continued
In preparation to the 2014 European Election Culture Action Europe proposed to several MEP candidates the establishment of a parliamentary intergroup on the impact of the EU policy and legislation on culture. (BACKGROUND ON INTERGROUPS) The Intergroups are not official bodies of the European Parliament, but they are composed by MEPs representing minimum three different political … Continued