1 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2020/0179(COD)
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) As a direct consequence of lock- down measures taken across Europe, cultural venues have been closed down and cultural events have been cancelled or postponed for an undetermined period of time. European and international cultural cooperation projects have been radically slowed down, as the physical crossing of borders has been limited. Finally, due to rapidly decreasing revenues and emerging public health-related needs, local, regional and national governments are under increased budgetary pressures. Private sponsoring for culture is also becoming more challenging for the time being as there is no public event to sponsor or because companies give priority to public health-related sponsoring activities. There is also a need to develop online and digital initiatives in order to make the European Capitals of Culture accessible in any conditions.