Cultural politicians warn of the consequences of the gas shortage – culture

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Jörg Haentzschel

In addition to the many unthinkable questions that society has been grappling with since the pandemic and the Ukraine war, there is now one more: What consequences will the gas shortage have for the national cultural heritage, for museums, opera houses, theaters, libraries? Absurd consideration? Obviously not. A fifteen-page paperwhich has just been passed by the Conference of Ministers of Culture, the Minister of State for Culture and the municipalities, paints gloomy scenarios for the near future.

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