Moment of uncertainty for public culture in the old continent. The four main countries are applying scissors to their cultural institutions which in the United Kingdom are acquiring dramatic touches: major London theater institutions have been left without a pound of aid and the English National Opera has left the capital for Manchester. The city of Nottingham has removed the culture budget and closed the libraries. Meanwhile, in France, Rachida Dati, former Sarkozy signed by Macron, has to cut 200 million from her budget, with Paris as the main victim. The German Federal Government has cut the money to culture by 10% and has left at 100 the 200 euros it gave for cultural consumption to those who turn 18. Italy, the red light of European cultural spending, mounts samples of Tolkien, Meloni’s favorite, while the same minister of the countryside proposes to eliminate 100 million in aid to the cinema because many films are hardly seen by anyone.
