THE POCKETBOOK ARGUMENT

Berlin’s cultural institutions are crying about being underfunded. Now the city’s tourism office warns that any further cuts in cultural funding will imperil the city’s tourism. “Key to solving the acrimonious debate between cultural institutions, city politicians and national culture officials over who can best to manage the capital’s culture, how to manage it, and how much money to spend, is a willingness to begin deep-going restructuring,” says the official charged with promoting tourism. – Die Welt (Germany)