Although European cultural policy is officially the responsibility of Member States, EU institutions do play a relevant, yet little-known role in shaping our cultural and media ecosystems. The EU Backoffice, a new podcast series produced by the European Network of Cultural Centres and Reset! network, unravels how the EU cultural policy process really works, bringing you beyond the headlines and into the corridors where decisions are taken. Through expert interviews and debates with insiders, artists, and activists, our host Matรฉo Vignรฉ takes you on a deep dive into the world of EU cultural policy, to shed light on who shapes the agenda, how the institutions work, and what challenges they face. The EU Backoffice brings you a new episode every third month.
In the second episode, we welcome Nela Reihl MEP and Chair of the CULT Committee. Together with our podcast host, Mateo Vignรฉ, Nela takes us inside the European Parliament to discuss ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ง ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ and ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ.
Joined by Andrรฉ Ribeiro da Costa, assistant to MEP Ana Catarina Mendes, and Bernard Wilfred Krzyลผowski, assistant to MEP Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, we explore how ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐-๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด in practice.