Culture and Media Committee

The Committee for Culture and Media has been a permanent Bundestag committee since it was set up in 1998 . The current chairman is the SPD deputy Katrin Budde . The committee currently consists of 18 members.

tasks

According to the Basic Law , cultural and media policy in Germany is largely a matter for the federal states. The framework conditions and the promotion of culture with importance for the entire nation are taken care of in the Federal Government by the Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM). The Committee for Culture and Media in the German Bundestag works accordingly. It deals with the promotion of German film productions for the cinemas, the work of the international broadcaster Deutsche Welle , the German culture of remembrance, federally funded Berlin projects and European cultural and media policy. The committee also sees itself as a point of contact for institutions, organizations and artists. Up until 2014 there was also a subcommittee on new media within the committee for culture and media, which dealt with the consequences and possible effects of digital media (communication) in particular.

Members

CDU / CSU parliamentary group

Ordinary members

• Melanie Bernstein , CDU / CSU chairwoman
• Michael Frieser
• Volker Kauder
• Yvonne Magwas
• Elisabeth Motschmann
• Johannes Selle , deputy chairman

Deputy members

• Christoph Bernstiel
• Gitta Connemann
• Ursula Groden-Kranich
• Ansgar Heveling
• Andrea Lindholz
• Nikolas Löbel

SPD parliamentary group

Ordinary members

• Katrin Budde , chairwoman
• Helge Lindh
• Martin Rabanus , SPD chairman
• Marianne Schieder

Deputy members

• Eva Högl
• Johannes Kahrs
• Thomas Oppermann
• Ulla Schmidt

AfD parliamentary group

Ordinary members

• Marc Jongen , AfD chairman
• Martin Renner

Deputy members

• Thomas Ehrhorn
• Götz Frömming

FDP parliamentary group

Ordinary members

• Hartmut Ebbing
• Thomas Hacker , FDP chairman

Deputy members

• Otto Fricke
• Katja Suding

The Left Group

Ordinary members

• Simone Barrientos , DIE LINKE chairwoman
• Brigitte Freihold

Deputy members

• Doris Achelwilm
• Michel Brandt

Alliance 90 / The Greens parliamentary group

Ordinary members

• Erhard Grundl , Alliance 90 / The Greens Chairman
• Margit Stumpp

Deputy members

• Kirsten Kappert-Gonther
• Tabea Roessner

Committee Chair

• since 2017 Katrin Budde (SPD)
• 2014–2017 Siegmund Ehrmann (SPD)
• 2009–2013 Monika Grütters (CDU)
• 2005-2009 Hans-Joachim Otto (FDP)
• 2000-2005 Monika Griefahn (SPD)
• 1998–2000 Elke Leonhard (SPD)

See also

• Bundestag committees of the 18th German Bundestag
• New Media Subcommittee
• Committee on Culture and Education (EU)
• Cultural Property Protection Act

Web links

• Culture and Media Committee
• German Bundestag: The Committee for Culture and Media ; PDF (636 kB)
• The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM)
• Information on federal and state cultural policy

Individual evidence

1. ^ German Bundestag: The Committee for Culture and Media ; PDF accessed on July 12, 2010