Cologne - 30 percent of the cultural budget will remove City Treasurer Norbert Walter-Borjans - and pushes it to considerable criticism. The National Cultural Council criticized the financial evaporation.
"This is a devastating blow to the financing of culture in Germany," said Olaf Zimmermann of the German Cultural Council.
Accordingly, Cologne could otherwise become a negative example for other cultural sites of the Republic. "We call on the entire culture, to resist the savings in Cologne," said Zimmermann.
