The Court of Auditors draws up a very harsh assessment of the Culture Pass

Everything, or almost everything, seems to need to be reviewed in the Culture Pass system. A report, published Tuesday December 17 by the Court of Auditors, draws up a « premiere bill » to say the least severe of the effects of this geolocated application. Since 2021, it has allowed all young people aged 18 to benefit from a credit of 300 euros to access activities or cultural goods of their choice and even, we learn, to escape games… Whether it concerns its cost, its operation or its scope, not much has happened since the launch of this new cultural policy desired by Emmanuel Macron, the Court said in substance.

According to her, the past does not meet the set objectives of democratization and diversification of cultural practices, has budgetary appropriations “uncontrolled” and must review its governance model to become an operator of the State. With an annual budget of 244 million in 2024, SAS Pass culture (simplified joint stock company of general interest) now occupies “second place among the structures financed by the Ministry of Culture after the National Library of France”notes the Court.

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