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Episode 3: A Joyful Solidarity

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Episode 2: Threading Identity

In reaction to the Commission’s Communication on the New European Bauhaus, and in order to constructively contribute to the own-initiative report by the European Parliament, Culture Action Europe has consulted its membership to draft these policy recommendations.

Frequencies
Episode 1: The Poetry of Politics

Today, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. The European Commission, first time in its history is planning to mark the day by proposing EU-wide legislation to make it mandatory for national governments to get tougher on violence against women and domestic violence. This fresh initiative comes as several EU Member States are still lagging behind in the ratification of the…

We are all shocked by the unprecedented aggression that the Russian military is conducting in Ukraine. We at Culture Action Europe express our support to and stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, our colleagues and peers in the country, as well as those, including in Russia who are opposing the criminal actions of the Kremlin.  We call on our community to demand an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and show support for those in need.

Over the course of the next three days, 25-27 February, the final of four European Citizens’ Panels of the Conference on the Future of Europe is meeting in Dublin to debate and deliver its recommendations. The European Citizens Panel on ‘ a stronger economy, social justice and jobs / education, culture, youth and sport / digital transformation’ has already met twice to…

One of the key demands of the #CulturalDealEU was to earmark 2% for culture across the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs). While almost all Member States have presented their strategies and started getting payments from Brussels, the fight to have culture more prominently featured in the NRRPs is not over yet. 18 Members of the European Parliament from six…

Over 80 civil society organisations, including Culture Action Europe, submitted an open letter to Conference Chairs on 9 February, calling for more accountability at the Conference on the Future of Europe. The letter calls on the Conference Chairs to define and articulate a working procedure for the Conference Plenary and its Working Groups that ensures that both the Joint Declaration…

Annual policy conversation on #CulturalDealEU successfully joined forces of cultural Europe “When the night of the pandemic took over our private lives, we just sang from the balconies. Culture is decisive for the quality of life. And it’s culture that can bring people back together again after the trauma of the pandemic.” These words of David Sassoli, the late President…

The third edition of the Annual Policy Conversation “A Cultural Deal for Europe” brought the European cultural ecosystem in a dialogue with  EU policy-makers, advocating for culture to be central in the EU’s green and sustainable future. The online event happened in the framework of the #CulturalDealEU campaign, jointly developed by Culture Action Europe, the European Cultural Foundation, and Europa…