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| Established | 1982 (43 years ago) |
|---|---|
| Legal status | registered association |
| Country | Germany |
| Membership | 8 (2022) |
| Chief Executives | Olaf Zimmermann |
| Chairpersons | Christian Höppner |
| Revenue | 1,085,982 Euro (2019) |
| Employees | 12 (2020) |
| Volunteers | 400 (2017) |
| Website | www |
The German Culture Council, or Deutscher Kulturrat in German, is the umbrella organization of the German cultural associations and has its headquarters in Berlin. It is a political and lobbying association, member, for example, of European Movement International. The council is funded by taxpayers.[1]
It defines itself as a point of contact for the politics and administration of the German federal government, the German federal states, and the European Union in all cultural policy matters that overlap the individual branches of the German Cultural Council. Its purpose is to bring cross-sectoral issues into cultural policy discussions at all government levels, and "to advocate freedom of the arts, publications and information."[2] In 2018, it called for German talkshows to be shut down for one year.
- ^ Kate Connolly (13 June 2018). "Populist talkshows fuel rise of far right, German TV bosses told". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
The cultural council, which is taxpayer funded
- ^ "Kulturrat calls for a one-year break for talk shows". Die Zeit. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
The aim of the German Cultural Council is to "stimulate cultural policy discussion at all political levels and to advocate freedom of the arts, publications and information."