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Culture in Breakdown, Democracy in Question: Rethinking the French Cultural Ideal at the Hour of Doubt and Sclerosis

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On 9 July 2025, the Observatoire des politiques culturelles (OPC) published the results of its annual Barometer of the cultural budgets of local authorities. It is clear that 49% of French authorities (regions, departments, communes, intercommunalities, metropolises) have decreased their cultural budgets between 2024 and 2025. Only 22% have increased them. Erosion is clear, transparent, multifaceted. How did we get there? Who is the fault? In de…
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On 9 July 2025, the Observatoire des politiques culturelles (OPC) published the results of its annual Barometer of the cultural budgets of local authorities. It is clear that 49% of French authorities (regions, departments, communes, intercommunalities, metropolises) have decreased their cultural budgets between 2024 and 2025. Only 22% have increased them. Erosion is clear, transparent, multifaceted. How did we get there? Who is the fault? In de…

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Unidivers broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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