In July 2025, the European Commission issued its proposal for the 2028-2034 EU budget, putting forward a new programme for culture, media, and civil society: AgoraEU. This is intended to incorporate the Culture and Media strands of the current Creative Europe programme (as two separate strands, Creative Europe and MEDIA+), as well as CERV.
This new structure combines all of the EU's cultural initiatives under the broader Creative Europe – Culture strand, but does not address the specific needs of individual sectors, nor does it mention current programmes such as Music Moves Europe (MME).
In this context, European cultural and music-focused networks and organisations have issued a collective call to urge the European Commission to take the particular characteristics of the music scene into account and reflect them in the new MFF and AgoraEU proposals.
The continuation of the MME framework is vital for European music professionals, as it enables them to experiment and innovate through specific grants, notably via the LiveMX programme.
Reset! Supports All Efforts Towards a More Comprehensive and Precise Understanding of European Culture
The Reset! network—even though it does not solely represent music organisations—is committed to participating in all relevant activities and defending the interests of European cultural players in relation to long-term funding and stable institutional support.
Representing the complex diversity of the European cultural scene is essential, as is recognising the importance and impact of its music sector. Following various European initiatives, such as One Voice for European Music and the European Agenda for Music, it is only natural that the next MFF and its AgoraEU programme should recognise music as a sector with specific needs that deserve specific funding.
Without EU support, the European cultural scene will not be able to maintain its independence from aggressive corporate takeovers, which will affect cultural diversity in the long term.
As cultural and media independence should be our common compass, it is crucial that we do not downgrade existing support if we are to continue building a sustainable music sector.