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TRANSLATION Prof. Monika Grütters Minister of State in the Federal Chancellery Willy-Brandt-Strasse 1, 10557 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 18 400 2060 Fax: +49 (0)30 18 400 1808 E-mail: [email protected] Berlin, 14. August 2020 I am very keen to continue our direct exchange, even during the coronavirus pandemic. On the occasion of the German Council Presidency I would therefore very much like to invite you to Berlin. On 14 September 2020, I would like to give the European ministers responsible for culture and the media a look behind the scenes of the Humboldt Forum in the reconstructed Berlin Palace, which will soon be opening. With this museum and cultural venue, which at more than 42,000 square metres will be the largest new structure of its kind in Europe, we hope to create a space for a multiplicity of voices, for exchange and diversity. On an exclusive tour around the venue, Prof. Hartmut Dorgerloh, the future director of the Humboldt Forum, will give you insights into the activities planned. Afterwards, I would like to invite you to the Federal Chancellery for a discussion of current challenges facing European cultural policy. In addition to the protection of our common cultural heritage, the agenda will also include measures to manage the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. As an evening treat, I would like to take you to the Museum Island, where I will be hosting a dinner at the recently opened James-Simon-Galerie. This World Cultural Heritage site and a wandering concert during which we are free to roam and admire the 3,000-year old bust of Nefertiti will certainly provide an enjoyable framework for inspiring conversations. I would be very pleased if we could make the most of the genius loci to help restart culture in Europe together. I am enclosing a programme for your information. I hope you will understand that this invitation is addressed to you personally and is not transferable, so as to enable a confidential exchange among experts. If you have not yet done so, please inform my organisational team ([email protected]) whether I can look forward to meeting you in Berlin. Kind regards (signed) Monika Grütters Enclosure