2024-09-24 10:46:10
Brought back to the rue de Valois, Rachida Dati will have to deal with burning issues in a tense time for public finances.
The cultural budget, the financing of public broadcasting, the reform of the Pass culture: renewed on Saturday rue de Valois and the very rare survivor of the Attal government, Rachida Dati will have to face the burning issues at a time of anxiety for public finances.
• A budget to protect
This is the most urgent task waiting for the minister, while the Barnier government must complete, in theory by October 1, its alternative budget and is eager to make savings.
Shortly after her appointment in January 2024, Rachida Dati suffered the first disappointment when she saw the Culture budget cut by 204 euros, out of a total of 4.4 billion, after five years of improvements.
The use of company reserves has made it possible to moderate the impact of these cuts in the regions but some national establishments, including the Paris Opera (-6 euros), have to tighten their belts .
The first indications for 2025 do not indicate any improvement. According to the fiscal ceilings set by the government, the traditional budget will remain stable next year in absolute terms but will fall in real terms due to inflation.
Despite budget restrictions, the plan of 98 million euros over three years announced by Rachadi Dati in July to promote access to culture in rural areas, those close to the minister are convinced.
• Repair of public broadcasting on long vacation
Supported by the minister, the joint project of France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde (RFI, France 24) and the National Audiovisual Institute (INA) is on the way in spring. But this is not long in joy, we think rue de Valois. Rachida Dati plans consultations to consider the future.
She knows this: the urgency is that of the sustainable financing of public broadcasting and the guarantee of its independence, the deadline of 2024 to pass a law is fast approaching. This is to prevent Parliament from voting on the envelope each year.
For the media, the minister has set another decision: to follow the General States of Information, which was launched a year ago by Emmanuel Macron and its decisions were released at the beginning of September. Media education, the fight against foreign interference and actions at the European level towards important platforms are on the menu.
• Customs Pass is required
The flagship of Emmanuel Macron’s cultural policy, the Pass Pass could well be reformed.
Launched in 2019-2020, this mechanism, which offers an individual credit of 300 euros over two years to 18-year-olds, has benefited more than 3.4 million people from its general in 2021. But its effectiveness raises questions.
In a July report, the General Inspectorate of Cultural Society noted the “uncertain” ability of the program to “change practices” and address inequalities in access to culture. Igac is calling for a remake of the Pass, which caused manga sales to explode significantly.
Rachida Dati has expanded the scope of this program, especially to the MJCs, but it has to do with its high cost (260 million euros per year) and wants to ensure, according to those present around you, that the funds make it possible to make a difference. access to culture.
“We will show great caution on projects to reform the Pass,” said the National Publishing Union.
Other files on the desktop
Emmanuel Macron’s promise in 2017, the restoration of the cultural heritage that has been fought during colonization must be set to music by Sister Dati but this project is at a standstill.
In publishing, the minister will also have to move himself to the proposal launched in April by the President of the second-hand book market tax, requested by the sector.
He also had to appoint a new person at the head of the National Center for Cinema and Animated Pictures (CNC), which generates 770 million euros per year and whose president has been vacant since the departure of Dominique Boutonnat, who is guilty of assault.
The minister, who oversees the upcoming reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris, also aims to bring in a new property model to save religious buildings from danger, according to those around him.
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