Fourteen out of 27 EU member states criticised the reopening of the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, which sparked a fierce controversy in Italy, as Brussels called for a suspension of funding.
I can confirm that we have received a communication from the Biennale and that there are communications in progress but any exchange with the parties, institutional or stakeholder, remains confidential. On the instruments that we have available, we will use every lever that we have, even beyond the field of culture. As the EU Commissioner for Youth, Culture and Sport, Glenn Micallef, asked about the case of the Biennale and the fact that, beyond…