CAE’s Board Member Rocío Nogales Muriel takes us on a journey through the latest developments in the social economy landscape at EU level, exploring how stronger connections with the cultural sector can strengthen resilience towards the complexities and uncertainties of our times.
Ahead of the next EU Work Plan for Culture, Culture Action Europe has developed a set of recommendations for the Council of the EU, shaped by discussions from the BEYOND Satellites 2026.
Culture Action Europe has joined a coalition of over 150 cultural organisations, networks, and institutions from across Europe in signing an open letter addressed to EU policymakers calling for a stronger budget for the Culture strand in AgoraEU as part of the next long-term EU budget.
The NamePlaceFund campaign coordinators have sent an open letter to the Irish Presidency of the Council calling for a vision of research, innovation and competitiveness in the next MFF that fully embeds the arts and the CCSI to address the challenges of the future.
EU institutions have signed the Joint Declaration on culture, agreeing a long-term strategic vision for culture at the heart of Europe. We warmly welcome the Joint Declaration and now call for its commitments to be supported with the financial backing necessary in the next long-term EU budget to realise its goals.
The Council has unveiled its proposed budget allocations for the 2028-2034 MFF and it’s bad news for culture, including a 33% reduction in budget for AgoraEU compared to the Parliament’s position. It is vital that the European Parliament’s budgetary proposal of €10.72 billion is treated as the bare minimum in negotiations in order to sustain the cultural and creative sectors.
Culture Action Europe calls for an AgoraEU that covers all cultural and creative sectors fairly, protects the cross-sectoral nature of European cultural cooperation, and provides more ambitious funding for culture as a whole. Where sectors have specific needs, they must be addressed consistently, not selectively, across various sectors.
As the trialogue approaches, the European Parliament is consolidating its positions on key funding programmes shaping the next MFF. Among them, AgoraEU stands out as a central framework for supporting culture and socially impactful projects, raising questions about what’s new and why it matters.