This was Emmanuel Macron’s desire: to make culture accessible to as many people as possible, particularly among young people. Since 2022, all young people aged 15 to 18 can benefit from the Culture pass. In the form of a mobile application or accessible on the internet, this pass allows young people to be entitled to a credit in order to book cultural activities around their home. Courses, workshops, live events, books, comics, CDs, digital services or even museums and exhibitions… young people can do everything with it.
A pass which was able to find its target, reports the Court of Auditors in a report which it has just published. According to The Parisianto date, more than eight out of ten young people (84%) use it. If the credit is equivalent to 20 euros for a 15 year old, 30 euros for a 16 to 17 year old, it rises to 300 euros for an 18 year old. Problem, according to Pierre Moscovici, the device has not yet succeeded in “reach the young people furthest from the cultural offer”. Particularly because the barriers are not “only financial”.
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Half of the expenses concern the purchase of books
Among workers or employees, only a little more than two thirds of young people have activated their pass, which leads the Court of Auditors to say that those who use it the least are the “publics least familiar with cultural practices”. Above all, the financial jurisdiction curbs the misuse of the primary function of the Culture pass. In its sights: escape games, which were able to recover 16 million euros thanks to the Culture pass. A problem of “controls”says Pierre Moscovici.
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Alerted to the subject, the Ministry of Culture would have done what was necessary and all activities linked to escape games no longer benefit from them. However, there is a main problem, underlines the Court of Auditors: the “main impact of the Culture pass is reflected in an intensification of already well-established cultural practices”. Thus, dance, circus or theater shows were only reserved by 7% of young people. Conversely, 15-18 year olds flock to cinema tickets or books. Each quarter, these represent between 42% and 55% of the amounts spent.
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