Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication, presented this Thursday, October 1, the draft budget of his ministry for 2010, as it will be submitted to the vote of the Parliament.

This budget notably shows the will to bring the needs of heritage into line
and the budget allocated to it: 400 million euros including
assistance, an increase of €100 million over 2009,
in accordance with the commitments made by the President of the Republic at the beginning of this
on the occasion of his address to the actors of the world of culture, delivered in Nîmes.
In addition, the 2010 draft budget consolidates the extra-budgetary resources obtained in
2009 to support the Valois Talks and the reform process in the
show. It also demonstrates the Government’s desire to strengthen this second
A historical pillar of French cultural policy.
In total, excluding personnel costs:
- the budget of the Heritage programme will reach 1,093.3 million euros, up
of €105.6 million, or +10.7%; excluding extra-budgetary resources 2009, the
an increase of €125.6 million, or +13.0%;
- the Creation programme will amount to EUR 763.9 million, a consolidation
positive (+0.2%);
- the Knowledge Transfer programme will be consolidated to the extent of
€466.6 million.
The budget for the programme for cultural research and scientific culture
increase by 2.7% to reach nearly 125.4 million euros excluding
staff.
Finally, departmental personnel expenditures, which take into account the non-renewal rule
In the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom and Finland, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom.
All taxes allocated to the National Cinema Centre (CNC) will reach a total of
€575.9 million, up €35 million, allowing increased support to industry
5.8%.
Apart from switching to all-digital television, which will be the subject of a special budget, the
public broadcasting will be funded by public resources – financial assistance account
linked to the audiovisual levy and the general state budget – which will reach 3.809 billion
EUR, up +2.8%.
Finally, the budget for aid to the press will result in the consolidation in full year of the
measures taken in 2009 at the end of the General Statements of the Press. It will record
a remarkable increase of 51%, or €419.3 million compared to the finance law
for 2009 (€277.7 million).
In total, this budget authorizes:
- an unprecedented increase in the resources allocated to maintenance and
restoration of historic monuments: after having benefited from the
the economy, the monumental heritage will be able to count on a budget of nearly 400
EUR 100 million including grant funds, an increase of +100 million
compared to 2009. As the President of the Republic announced, this
In addition, the Commission will continue to monitor the implementation of the European Social Fund.
- consolidating efforts in favour of the performing arts (almost 658 million
+0.4%) which reflects the Government’s efforts in this sector and the
implement, within the framework of a renewed relationship with local authorities and
The European Commission’s Green Paper on
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Development of Vocational Training.
- Strengthening higher education Culture (+2.1%) and education
artistic and cultural (+4.1%)
- the continuation of the rebalancing started in 2009 in favour of the territories:
DRAC growth, operating and investment, of 9.7% in 2010 (i.e.
€73 million in additional appropriations), which will enable them to strengthen their
action in the various sectors: historical monuments (+26.9%), museums (+5.4%),
performing arts (+0.4%), higher education culture (+6.2%), arts education and
(+4.8%).
- The transformation of three cultural operators into a public establishment;
emblematic: the castle of Fontainebleau, the Picasso museum and the museum
National Ceramics Factory and the National Manufacture of Sèvres
single establishment.
- the continuation of major projects: Centre des archives nationales de Pierrefitte,
Philharmonie de Paris, Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations
(MUCEM) in Marseille, securing and redeveloping the “Richelieu quadrilateral”,
historic site of the National Library of France.
- The launch of two new large-scale facilities, with the creation of
a new place for contemporary art at the Palais de Tokyo, dedicated to the
emerging and established contemporary artists from the French and
the construction of a national heritage conservation centre
to secure the collections of the major Parisian museums along the
Seine. For the first, the year 2010 (1.5 million euros) will allow the
security of the spaces of the level of Rez-de-Seine, the launch of studies of
definition, program and consultations of architects, as well as
activities. The second, which will bring together the institutions responsible for
restore works of art (C2RMF, LRMH), will offer the opportunity to gather in one
only place of exceptional works, which cover all the domains
heritage (works of art and built heritage), and artistic, scientific and
technology capable of enhancing them.
- digitisation of cultural heritage and creation: this will be a central axis of the
policy in 2010. Beyond the objective of cultural democratization, the challenge will be
also to promote production in digital format, particularly for cinema,
and books, but also the online distribution and marketing of these
contained in the respect of copyright.
- Combating piracy of cultural content on the Internet and development;
legal offer and new sources of funding for creation: following
the final adoption by Parliament of the second bill to combat piracy
works on the Internet, on September 22, the High Authority for the
works and the protection of rights on the Internet (HADOPI) should be able to send from January
2010 its first emails warning users who download illegally.
The aim now is to enable both consumers and
creation, to reap the full benefits of this new legal framework, through the development
an attractive legal offer and new sources of remuneration and funding for
artists and the businesses that support them.
- Support for audiovisual production and the digitisation of cinemas: The
support for audiovisual production will increase by nearly €10 million to
to cushion as much as possible a decrease in the investments of certain private broadcasters in
production of works. Moreover, the digitization of cinemas will be the subject,
notably thanks to a pooling fund endowed with €10 million in 2010, a support plan
deployed to the entire sector by pooling resources and
ensuring that screens become digital continue to offer the diversity of films
indispensable for cinema.
- continued reform of the external audiovisual sector in 2007 (+6.1%) and the
support for national public audiovisual companies (+2.6%): 2010 will be the first
year of the contract of objectives and means that the Audiovisual Society outside the
France (AEF) will soon sign with the State; it will include the necessary means to
the relaunch and modernisation of French international media companies (RFI,
France 24) and French speakers (TV5 Monde) while identifying synergies between the different
economic potential. In addition, the national audiovisual companies
France Télévisions, will see their budgets increase
to strengthen their missions of access for all to culture, information and
at leisure.
- Increased state support for community radio (+9.5%);
- the continuation of state support for the press: following the Estates General
of the print media, the three-year (2009-2011) public commitment of the
modernization and investment in the press sector will be respected in 2010,
to implement significant structural reforms. After an effort without
in 2009, all the appropriations will register a
51% increase over the appropriations entered in the Finance Act for 2009, or 419.3
million euros.
- switch to all-digital television: switch to all-digital television
digital, scheduled for November 30, 2011, is a challenge for the coming years that
will take place according to the timetable defined by the
national scheme for stopping analog broadcasting and switching to broadcasting
approved in its updated version by the Prime Minister on July 22,
meeting of the Digital Strategy Committee (SNC). This schedule specifies
the end dates of analog broadcasting region by region. On this occasion, the
The Government is expected to deploy significant budgetary resources (EUR 277 million for
the entire process) to ensure the success of the television transition project
all digital. Special attention has been paid to helping and supporting
most fragile social groups.
The 2010 budget of the Ministry of Culture and Communication will therefore allow and
fidelity to great historical missions, and the response to new challenges. It is a
action and reform budget.