Welcome

The Cultural and Creative Sectors, Cultural Heritage and Philanthropy have sealed a deal and joined forces to elevate culture on the EU agenda and make it a strategic priority for Europe.

Culture Action Europe, Europa Nostra and the European Cultural Foundation invite European policy makers to join the Deal and campaign with us to:

establish culture and cultural heritage as a priority at the highest level of the EU institutions

and

commit 2% of the EU budget for culture and cultural heritage.

'Culture: The Compass for Europe's Future'. The 2025 Annual Policy Conversation

Visual storytelling by Menah, see https://www.menah.nl/

On 4 February 2025 at Bozar, the initiators of A Cultural Deal for Europe – Culture Action EuropeEuropa Nostra, and European Cultural Foundation – hosted the annual policy conversation ‘Culture: The Compass for Europe’s Future’ as the first public discussion on the EU’s future ‘Culture Compass’  – a strategic framework announced by the President of the European Commission, ahead of the European Parliament’s debate on the EU’s upcoming budget conversation (the Multi-Annual Financial Framework).

Photography by Francois de Ribacourt, see https://www.deribaucourt.com/
At this dialogue, we welcomed contributions by the 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture & Sport, Glenn Micallef; the Chair of the European Parliament 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, Nela Riehl; four 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Members (MEPs) of the Committees on 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧) and 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 (𝗕𝗨𝗗𝗚) Laurence Farreng, Hannes Heide, Zoltan Tarr, Helder Sousa-Silva; representatives of the 𝗘𝗨 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, including Deputy Minister for Culture and Heritage in Poland, Marta Cienkowska; 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, including emerging artists Leander Emanuel and Sam Vassallo and civil society representatives from Ukraine (Ihor Poshyvailo), Georgia (Tamar Janishia), and Serbia (Ivana Jovanović Arsić).
Over 120 participants attended the event in person, and over 1,000 followed it from all corners of Europe.

CDEU on demand

We have created a You Tube playlist of video recordings of Cultural Deal for Europe conversations. You can access the playlist HERE.

CDEU in the media

Over the years the Cultural Deal for Europe featured in various European media. Continue reading on EU Observer [December 2024], Euronews [June 2024], The Parliament Magazine [October 2023]

More CDEU

Read our proposed mission letter for a strong Commissioner for Culture with robust responsibilities (2024).

Read more about our European Cultural Deal for Ukraine and its key demands.

Re-experience the CDEU Annual Policy Conversations 2022 and 2023.

You can follow the Cultural Deal for Europe via BlueSky and LinkedIn. When posting about the Cultural Deal please use the hashtag #CulturalDealEU

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