In a draft own-initiative report published at the end of July, Giorgos Grammatikakis (S&D, Greece) considers the European Union should appreciate culture policy at its true value. He underlines that culture and creation account for 4.2% of the Union’s GDP and that they generate 8.4 million jobs (i.e. 3.7% of total employment within the Union).
The report lays out the European Parliament’s response to the new culture agenda, presented last May by the European Commission (see EUROPE...