Overview

• Klepsch warns that any additional reductions would force closures and defends the double budget draft as the limit of feasible savings
• The state’s eight kulturraum regions retain €104 million annually for local cultural projects in both 2025 and 2026
• Music schools keep their €7.87 million allocation and theaters under the Kulturpakt continue to receive €8.76 million despite rising operating costs
• Subsidies for the memorial foundation are cut to 90 percent in 2025 but are slated to return to full funding in 2026, while state cultural associations face 5–15 percent budget trims
• A hiring freeze on new positions and project roles accompanies the budget as Klepsch frames it as interim pending stronger tax revenues