The coalition of the SPD, Greens and FDP wants to make culture in Germany a state mandate.
"We want to anchor culture in its diversity as a national goal and advocate accessibility, diversity, gender equality and sustainability," says the coalition agreement presented in Berlin on Wednesday.
A two-thirds majority in the Bundestag and thus votes from the opposition would be necessary for culture to be included as a national goal in the Basic Law.
Berlin - The partners want to campaign for a “strong cultural scene and creative economy” as well as for a “non-discriminatory cultural and media policy”.
For the social security of freelance artists, minimum fees should be included in federal funding guidelines.
In the fight against the consequences of the pandemic, federal funding programs should initially continue.
The Federal Cultural Foundation and the Federal Culture Fund want to develop traffic lights into innovation drivers.
The funding is to be further developed.
A competence center for digital culture is intended to support those working in the arts.
A “plenary of culture” is planned for municipalities, states and associations.
Public libraries want to strengthen the coalition so that they can open on Sundays, for example.
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"You have to be careful that the traffic light does not lead to a split in our society," said the Bavarian Prime Minister of "Bild am Sonntag".
"There is a threat of a coalition of supposedly know-it-alls from the Greens and higher earners from the FDP."
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Teenager poses with a samurai sword in front of a bench
A youth posed in front of a bank in the middle of Frankfurt with a samurai sword.
The 16-year-old was filmed by his two companions on Tuesday evening as he swung the sword through the air, the police said on Wednesday.
People were not endangered.
When the police asked, the youth immediately put down the sword and the officers took it from him.
Teenager poses with a samurai sword in front of a bench
The SPD and the left want more participation of the citizens in municipalities
The future red-red state government wants to revise the municipal constitution of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and strengthen the participation of citizens in decisions in their living environment.
The incumbent Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) said on Thursday evening in Schwerin after the seventh round of coalition negotiations with the left.
The SPD and the left want more participation of the citizens in municipalities
In the case of restitution of Nazi-looted art, a statute of limitations for claims should be excluded. Returns of objects from a colonial context are also supported. "We want to overcome colonial continuities, meet in partnership on an equal footing and initiate independent scientific studies to come to terms with colonialism," says the contract. The Berlin Humboldt Forum is mentioned as a “place of democratic, cosmopolitan debate”.
The new federal government's cultural and media policy will continue to be controlled by the Chancellery.
There, the position previously held by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters (CDU) is to be filled by the Greens.
A second party will then move into the SPD-led Chancellery.
An occupation with Carsten Brosda, who acts as the cultural senator for the SPD in Hamburg, was often expected.
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