Culture and the audiovisual sector: the European Parliament raises its budgetary targets for 2027
Transport, energy, research, agriculture and climate: the European Parliament has chosen to prioritise these sectors following its vote on 21 October on the 2027 budget. MEPs are proposing €194 billion in commitment appropriations, which is €1.17 billion more than the Commission’s figure. However, the cultural sectors have not been entirely overlooked, and the Parliament is backing higher budgets across all cultural… areas than those envisaged by the Council in its common position last September. MEDIA, Culture and Cross-Sectoral strand An examination of the adopted amendments shows that MEPs wish to increase the appropriations for the MEDIA strand of Creative Europe to €231.4 million, compared with the €226.4 million proposed by the Commission and the €203.2 million agreed by the Council. Parliament is therefore calling for an additional 5 million compared…