The Culture Pass will now not simply be a matter for younger individuals | EUROtoday

“The Culture Pass for all” : the formulation hits. But what’s hidden behind this advertising and marketing slogan launched by Rachida Dati, Thursday January 15, throughout her journey to Saint-Dié-des-Vosges? By asserting the “generalization” of the Culture Pass, designed since 2021 to finance cultural actions for younger individuals aged 18, the Minister of Culture makes use of an abusive expression. In actuality, it’s about inviting everybody to obtain this digital software to seek out out about cultural occasions close to them. This initiative has the benefit of not costing a lot since it isn’t accompanied by any extra funding. It is clearly not a query of providing credit score to finance cultural outings to the whole inhabitants however merely of encouraging everybody to make use of this device to geolocate native actions.

While the price range for the Culture Pass has been revised downwards (127 million in 2026 in comparison with 170 million in 2025) and the quantity of the person share paid to younger individuals has been tremendously diminished (150 euros, as an alternative of 300, at 18 years previous), this flagship system of the cultural coverage desired by Emmanuel Macron is at stake for its survival.

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