It’s been an open secret, even though they’ve been talking about something for days, ever since Pedro Sánchez issued a decree last Friday. cultural affairs department Dependant presidential And With the rank of General Manager. This Tuesday, The Council of Ministers approved the draft Appointment of Manuela Villa to the position in question, One day after he handed in his parliamentary certificate at the Madrid Assembly.
Manuela Villa (Madrid, 1976) Minister of Culture and Sports in the Federal Administration PSOE and to date he has served as an MP in the Madrid Assembly, spokesperson for Culture in the parliamentary group. It was like that in 2020 Cabinet advisor to then-Minister of Culture José Miguel Rodríguez Uribesand there is one long career as cultural manager: worked for more than eleven years Slaughterhouse He served as head of the content and artistic residency program and served as co-director. White Night.
According to the job description published in the BOE, Manuela Villa will now be responsible for “facilitating the coordination of Government actions of the Head of Government”, assisting and advising him on matters related to national, international and economic policy. With regard to the programs and actions of the European Union that have an impact on the public policies of the State in question, as well as the public policies and programs of the different autonomous governments. So, posts corresponding to the current Minister of Culture Ernest UrtasunIn his statements to La Sexta, he used arguments and said that Rodríguez Zapatero already had a similar figure and that “when we negotiated the coalition agreement and when they offered us to undertake Culture, we said that we want a dignified and up-to-date organic representation. If we are to undertake Culture, we want institutional power.” “It is not right that we do not have a ministry that does not exist.” The truth is that Zapatero had this figure, but the Ministry of Culture was run by his own party, PSOE, and was not part of the coalition agreement with Sumar, as in this case.
“If there is a perception of threat, I hope to be able to work on it to eliminate it because I feel much less like he’s coming to take away anyone’s place or power.“, Manuela Villa explained to this newspaper minutes after her appointment was officially announced. Regarding the doubts or confusion this has caused in Sumar’s ranks, Villa said, “she understands the party logic, but I think we need to overcome this kind of rivalry beyond our acronyms. To add and PSOE are sister parties and we must think about the general welfare”. According to the new director general of Cultural Affairs, “We can do a lot together and I am committed to the service of all ministries, including Sumar’s.”.
Whether his position will carry the weight of issues such as Turkey’s development Artist Charter wave internationalization of culture“I don’t think this is the place to take on these tasks or any other role,” Villa continues, “because I envision (this department) as more of a facilitation area. If the Ministry of Culture needs to soften its relations with another ministry, we will be there to support it, to help it.” Regarding internationalization, he said, “it is distributed across many areas of government and I believe more work can be done there on the coordination and facilitation of internationalization policy. But these are my strengths I don’t think so, I think more that those who belong to me have powers. to facilitate, contribute and encourage “Policies that have authority in each of the different areas can have a better relationship between them.”
“Culture is atomized in different areas, and it does not hurt that the Presidency tries to streamline the relations between these different areas, and this needs to be normalized,” Villa adds. “There is a cultural area in the Presidency, like there.” In the field of Economy or Foreign Relations, which is strategic for the country topics and I think this is good news culture It is also seen as the country’s strategic sector”.