FDP on culture and media

The FDP wants to add culture to the constitution as a state goal and establish a broader definition of culture that includes pop culture. Abroad, the Goethe-Institut network would continue to be funded, and an EU-wide fund for heritage conservation would be set up.

The FDP wants the constitution to name culture as a goal of the state. Comics, games and design should count as culture too. The Goethe-Institut centers abroad should keep getting money. The EU should start a fund for old buildings.

The distinction between serious and entertainment culture would be dropped in cultural policy; design, comics and games would be included. The FDP wants to support the cultural and creative industries with good conditions, and the level of copyright protection is to stay. The Goethe-Institut would expand its digital offerings. The heritage fund would follow Britain's National Trust and, over time, largely pay for itself through membership fees, admissions and commercial income.

The FDP wants a smaller public broadcasting system limited to news, education and information. Fewer channels and less duplication would significantly lower the broadcasting fee. Young people in training or education would pay nothing.

The FDP wants smaller public broadcasters. They should mainly offer news, education and information. There should be fewer channels. The broadcasting fee should drop a lot. Young people in training should pay nothing.

The platform supports the coexistence of public and private media. But it says competing with every private offering is not the job of public broadcasters. More diversity of opinion and more factual reporting should ideally come through reform from within the broadcasters themselves.