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      Last week, the Commissioners Mariya Gabriel in charge of Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Thierry Breton in charge of the Single Market have unveiled some measures to further help the cultural sector in a near future. The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) welcome the...

Today, the Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution aiming at assessing the impact of the COVID19 crisis in the European Union and to set out recommendations to Member States and the European Commission. No doubt Members of the Parliament want to show solidarity and support Member States and...

Culture knows no borders. In this respect, the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) would like to remind us all that the UK cultural sectors will remain part of the wider European cultural ecology despite Brexit. Even after Brexit and since the UK has ratified the UNESCO-Convention on the Protection...

The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity are joining other cultural and creative organisations in asking the EU Commission president-elect to urgently refer to culture within the title of the Commissioner’s portfolio “Innovation and Youth”. The absence of the word “culture” would be a shocking and incomprehensible signal to give after...

The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) wholeheartedly welcome the adoption of the Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market by the European Parliament. After years of debates and heated campaigns, MEPs adopted yesterday a critical piece of legislation that aims at adapting the copyright to the digital world. The...

On June 26th, 2018, the ECCD held an event at the European Parliament in Brussels: “Next EU Budget: What About Culture and Creative Europe?”. The event was hosted by Mr WENTA MEP and chaired by Carole TONGUE, Chair of the ECCD. Three speakers were invited: Guy GYPENS, Director of Kaaitheater...

TRILOGUE DISCUSSIONS ON AVMS: SAME RULES FOR LINEAR AND VOD SERVICES Based on the European Commission’s proposal on the AVMS directive, the Council and the European Parliament (in its CULT Committee report) have endorsed article 13 § 2. This article enables Member States to require VOD services targeting audiences in...

On June 27, 2017, the ECCD held an event ot the European Parliament in Brussels: EU Film Diversity: its future on video-on-demand. The event was hosted by Mr Wenta MEP and chaired by Carole Tongue, President of the ECCD. Three speakers were invited: Peter DINGES, President of the EFADs, CEO of...

The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity welcome the adoption of the Council’s position regarding the audiovisual media services directive. This important vote will give the go ahead for the EP to enter into a trilogy with the EU Commission and the Council of Ministers order to negotiate the final version...

The ECCD express their concern regarding the attempt of some Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to undermine the work that the co-rapporteurs and the CULT committee have carried out in order to draft a very important report for the audiovisual sector and the cultural diversity. 

After the conference they organized in the European Parliament, with the support of Viviane Reding, former Vice President of the European Commission and member of the European Parliament, the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity call for the relaunch of Europe for culture and creativity. After the vote for Brexit, popular...

The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity welcome the adoption of Vivian Reding’s report by the European Parliament on February 3rd, which makes recommendations to the European Commission notably to preserve cultural diversity as part of the negotiations of the TISA trade agreement. Read the Press Release