200 euros extra: the federal government is giving away a KulturPass to all 18-year-olds

Created: 11/22/2022, 12:00 p.m

By: Jasmine Farah

Theaters, cultural institutions, museums: They all suffered greatly from the Corona years.

The traffic light coalition now wants to support them – and is giving young people a culture pass worth 200 euros.

The budget for 2023 is in place: However, another support package has been included, which should make young people in particular happy.

For your birthday, you will receive a very special gift from the traffic light coalition in the new year: the KulturPass.

It's supposed to kill two birds with one stone.

200 euros extra: the federal government gives away culture money to all 18-year-olds

On the one hand, this is intended to support cultural and event companies that have suffered greatly from the Corona years.

However, this also applies to hundreds of thousands of young people who had to do without a lot during the lockdown.

The KulturPass is intended to enable them to take part in cultural life again and to exchange ideas with their peers in real life.

But how does the money get to them?

No, the one-time payment of 200 euros is not in cash, but as a credit via the app.

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The implementation has not yet been fully clarified.

However, it is planned that those in this country who will celebrate their 18th birthday in 2023 should receive it.

The federal government is providing 100 million euros for the pilot project.

The money for the KulturPass is not transferred or paid out in cash, but activated via an app.

The credit then on it worth 200 euros can be spent for two years in the following cultural sites, according to Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (67, The Greens).

• bookstores

• cinema visits

• Cultural institutions such as museums

• record stores

• concert promoter

• theaters and cabarets

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However, there are still a few unanswered questions: For example, it is not yet official which partners are taking part in the program.

However, if it is successful, one could imagine extending the model to young people under the age of 18, it is said.

However, the KulturPass is not a new idea; it has also been around in France for years, where it is very successful.

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There are also experts who are critical of the implementation.

Developing the app for this is not difficult, but involves a lot of bureaucracy, says the consumer

, for example, so that it can be used at all participating cultural institutions and the billing really works.

Added to this is the problem of data protection, but also how registration and authentication are checked.

Finally, software loopholes encourage fraudsters who could sneak into the Kulturpass.

This had already caused the previous federal government's "ID Wallet" to fail, as the expert said the app made it easy for hackers to steal ID data.

This was then withdrawn from the stores;

when she will come back is uncertain.