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The Federation of European Publishers announces a first: The European Commission’s cultural framework specifies support for the books sector.
‘The First Cultural Industry in Europe’
In a message to the news media from its offices in Brussels today (December 15), the Federation of European Publishers is hailing the European Commission’s Creative Europe program for inaugurating an unprecedented line of support with a strand of funding specifically for the book sector.
Creative Europe is the framework created by the EC to support the union’s cultural sectors
The new element is part of the programming sequence agreed to on Monday (December 14) for 2021 to 2027. While some media reports refer to €2.2 billion in budgeting for Creative Europe, the federation’s messaging sees it as €2.4 billion (US$2.9 billion), a substantially increased range of figures.