S&D member of the European Parliament, Fred Matić, will lead a majority in the EP this week to introduce a European status for artists. This status would guarantee artists and people working in the cultural sector, who suffered badly from the Covid-19 crisis, to have access to unemployment allowances, health care and pensions throughout the EU.
Fred Matić, Croatian MEP and S&D negotiator on the file in the European Parliament’s committee on culture and education, said: