Culture in the state of emergency: Berlin's theater fight for survival!

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Der Kulturausschuss in Berlin diskutiert massive Kürzungen für 2025, die Kulturinstitutionen wie die Volksbühne bedrohen.
The cultural committee in Berlin is discussing massive cuts for 2025 that threaten cultural institutions such as the Volksbühne. (Symbolbild/MB)

In Berlin it is bubbling in the cultural area! The dispute in the cultural committee escalates while the Senate is planning to drastically shorten the expenditure for numerous cultural institutions. The current savings goals for the German Theater and the Volksbühne are criticized. Green politician Daniel Wesener expressed serious concerns about the Volksbühne, which, according to the government coalition plans, should save two million euros in 2025. Wesener emphasizes: "The Volksbühne cannot provide this savings", which is seriously threatened with the existence of the theater, as the BZ Berlin reported.

The Deutsche Theater is also on the verge of bankruptcy because it was planned to reduce its reductions from three million to one million euros after the house has already had a minus of three million euros in the past season. But the buffers for possible savings are used up, and municipalities such as the CDU and SPD defend themselves against the predictions of the Greens. Ex-Senator Andreas Geisel (SPD) accused the opposition of wanting to stage a "show process", while a heated debate about the planned cuts and its effects on the cultural landscape are being held.

budget cuts also at federal level

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An extract from the plans shows that the six Federal Cultural Fund, which promote various areas of free arts, are to be reduced by half of their funds. These massive financial incisions represent a serious threat to the existential foundations of numerous projects and cause a climate of concern in the entire cultural scene.

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