‘A dire situation’: EU orgs call for urgent investment
In order to stave off "profound harm" to the industry, a coalition of 36 associations are demanding a significant increase in the EU funding available to music businesses
News By IQ | 2 April 2020
In an unprecedented display of European music-biz unity, a total of 36 industry associations – including festival association Yourope, managers’ bodies IMMF and EMMA, venue associations Live…
DMA and Liveurope and PRO collective Gesac – have written an open letter calling for urgent emergency aid for the entire EU music industry, which they warn is in crisis due to the continent-wide shutdown.
In the letter, addressed to both national governments and the EU Commission, the 36 warn of a “dire situation”, in…