Germany wants to increase cultural spending
The federal cultural budget in Germany is expected to increase by 5.8 percent in 2017. The federal government's cultural budget will therefore amount to around 1.35 billion euros.
Among other things, more money will flow into film funding (15 million euros), the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (6 million euros) and Deutsche Welle (7.5 million euros). For the first time, 4 million euros will support the reappraisal of the Nazi past, particularly in federal ministries.
According to the Federal Press Office, the draft budget provides for an additional 6 million euros to secure the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Funding for the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation will be increased by around 660,000 euros in 2017, and that of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar by just under 620,000 euros. The federal states must co-finance the increases here so that the federal funds can be paid out. An additional 500,000 euros are also available for the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin.
In 2017, the Minister of State increased funding for projects on German literary heritage, literary life in Germany and the German language to 1 million euros, almost doubling it.
