EU's €1.4 billion New European Bauhaus initiative yields limited results after six years
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Summary
The European Commission's New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative, launched by Ursula von der Leyen in 2020 to reimagine the Bauhaus design movement for a net-zero 21st century, has spent over €1.4 billion with little to show for it. Despite ambitious plans to create a new ethos combining sustainability, aesthetics, and inclusivity, the project has resulted in only one partially-finished building. Critics argue the initiative has become a bureaucratic funding scheme lacking clear vision and tangible outcomes, failing to build a meaningful legacy.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledSix years, and a lot of funding, later, the European Commission is still struggling to get a project to renew the Bauhaus design movement for a visionary and net-zero 21st century over the line.
The European Commission president hoped her New European Bauhaus (NEB) could create a new ethos.
Her New European Bauhaus has swallowed more than one billion with one partially-finished building to show for it.
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