• The GPP's spokesperson for Culture assures that the Executive's proposal for a State pact for Culture is “another political marketing measure”. "A proposal without a strategy, without a schedule and, what is worse, without a budget, and a pact to which the PP has not been invited, it is unknown if they have invited Bildu," he says.

• Regrets that the Royal Decree Law that the Government brought to Congress did not reflect the demands of the cultural sector to get out of the crisis, so it calls for the deadlines for the text to return to the Lower House and the amendments that are are approved to take effect as soon as possible.

• Calls for true and good coordination between the Ministry of Culture and Sports and other government areas such as Education, Social Affairs and Tourism.

• Denounces that the Government continues to leave more than 9,000 bullfighting professionals homeless and demands that they attend to them. “Bullfighting is one more piece of Spanish culture and must be defended and protected; the Minister of Culture of Spain is also Minister of Bullfighting, "he remarks.

• Claims to the Ministry of Finance that "it does not require the money from the savings of the City Councils because the local governments are the ones that invest the most in cultural activities, which are also a municipal tourist attraction".

• Proposes a “national contest of ideas for the creation of a symbol of respect and tribute to the victims of the pandemic”.

• Commitment to include the videogame sector with the same fiscal measures as those of the audiovisual sector.

• Claims attention and tax benefits to the 10th Anniversary of the Declaration of Flamenco as Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, and asks the ministry for special attention for Flemish artists who are in a critical situation due to the Covid-19 crisis

• It raises a "state plan to activate culture" that involves "considering the book as a good of first necessity, providing access to liquidity for cultural companies, promoting culture on TVE and defending copyright and acting against the piracy.




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