Pascal Rogard, President of the French coalition for cultural diversity, wrote to Catherine Aston, External Trade Commissioner and to Viviane Reding, Information and Media Society Commissioner to express its concern about the advancing negotiations of a cultural trade agreement with Korea which could threaten the European audiovisual industry.
Read Catherine Ashton’s reply, dated January 21, 2009.

The French coalition for cultural diversity has published « Cultural policies in France » which provides a non exhaustive inventory of the main policies set up in France in support of the various cultural sectors (visual arts, audiovisual and cinema, books, music and performing arts).
This brochure can also be downloaded in French and in Spanish.

The third meeting of the Coalitions and professional organisations from countries member of the International Organisation of la Francophonie (IOF) took place in Quebec, Canada, from October 11 to 13, 2008, on the eve of the XIIth Francophonie Summit of Heads of States and Governments.

Consult the Quebec Declaration (in French).