Romania “In Context”: POLICY, COPYRIGHT & TAXATION

The live sector across Eastern Europe is running out of margin. Energy costs are climbing. Production budgets are exploding. Taxation systems built decades ago are still being applied to an industry that has changed beyond recognition. In Romania, organisers warn that without urgent fiscal and regulatory reform, the live music sector may face cancellations and severe economic decline as early as summer 2026.

This panel does not deal in abstractions. It puts four concrete reform fights on the table – the same fights that will decide whether festivals, venues, and cultural entrepreneurs across Romania survive the next two years.