Uncultured Austerity
Throughout Europe, cultural institutions have faced savage cuts as governments impose ever-harsher austerity on their people. Such strategies for overcoming the euro crisis have been rooted in the same narrow-minded economic thinking that led to it in the first place.
VITORIA-GASTEIZ – Culture is the silent victim of the euro crisis. Last month, the Portuguese government announced the definitive closure of 38 cultural and social foundations and 100% cuts in the funding of 14 more.