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I also have to say that i think Austria is very famous for a very good public funding situation. I know artists or everybody who applies for funding would always say that it is not enough. This is very logical and natural. To be fair, i have to say we had a very good funding situation for decades. We had a socialist government which was very strong and kind of generous supporting in a very liberal way the arts … they wanted to make sure that the arts can stay free and let them not become dependent from commercial goals they have to fulfil to receive money from corporates or medium companies who are the sponsors, usually. These times have changed now. … Not only in Austria - as far as i hear - but also now in Vienna [meaning: on the level of national and city funding, respectively] - we are having a bit of trouble now. We …[have had] a conservative government which … [was] giving a lot of money to the provinces running art festivals in regions or supporting more and more tourist events although there is a lot of money for tourism and culture in the country anyways. So we do not understand at all why should more money go to this segment rather than the other way around. We know a lot of money is there.