COVID-19 impact on culture: new funds must reach creative sectors immediately
Republished by ECBN from: European Parliament
Commenting on the approval by the EP of the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative, Culture and Education Committee Chair, Sabine Verheyen (EPP, DE), issued the following statement. “The Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative adopted –once approved by Council– will free up a total of 37 billion EUR to help efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and the social and economic ramifications of the essential public health measures that have been put in place. This is welcome news, if only the beginning of the response. The cultural and creative sectors across Europe have been ravaged by the impact of stringent public health measures, with concerts cancelled, theatres, museums and cinemas closed, and film and television production halted. The list, sadly, goes on.”
“Under the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative, Member States will be able to use Structural Funds money to support small businesses and employment schemes. It is imperative that businesses and individuals in the cultural and creative sector ‑ whose livelihoods are under existential threat – get access to this financial support. My message to Member States is clear – this money must reach them immediately”.
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