Extraordinary General Meeting and Board of Directors of the Montpellier 2028 Association: an enriched and assertive territory for the final phase of the bid.

France and the Czech Republic are the countries that in 2028 will indicate the European capital of culture. The cities in shortlist are Czech Republic: Broumov and Budejovice; for France: Rouen, Bourges, Clermont-Ferrand, Montpellier.

Montpellier 2028, over the past few days, Pierre Soujol (President of the Community of Municipalities of the Pays de Lunel and Mayor of Lunel) hosted a press conference at the Lunel Arena, dedicated to the 2023 Candidacy Programme.

Broumov and Budejovice are the cities in the Czech Republic that passed the preselection and entered the short list to become the European Capital of Culture for 2028. Brno, Liberec, Broumov and Budweis was the four cities candidate. The evaluation panel published the report explaining the decision to shortlist Broumov and Budejovice.

On March 3 in Paris, the panel evaluating the European Capitals of Culture for 2028 will choose some of the 9 cities that applied to be on the short list. After Rouen, Montpellier, Clermont – Ferrand, Reims, Bastia – Corsica, Bourges, Saint Denis, Amiens, today we discover Nice.