Minister of Culture: ‘There was no political agreement’ to remove local governments from the media market

Marek Kowalski asked Marta Cienkowska about changes in the proposed amendment on Monday in Wałbrzych during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the accession of Western and Northern lands to Poland.

"There was simply no political agreement, simply. We are a coalition government that must sometimes compromise" - quoted the Minister of Culture Świdnica24.pl. Marta Cienkowska is in Donald Tusk's government for Poland 2050.

The withdrawal from the ban on the issuing of media by local governments is said to velocity up work on the local media fund. "We are working very hard on the local media fund in the Ministry of Culture to have balance, due to the fact that we truly feel that independent media, which is not dependent on self-government capital, is simply disappearing and we cannot let this to happen. And that is why this programme, I think, will be refined by the end of the second quarter, and by the end of the first 4th we will be talking about assumptions to be able to financially support local media" - provided the publisher of the head of the Ministry of Culture.

The Fund may be launched by a decree of the Minister.