Marseille-Provence 2013 plan. The Marseille rapper Keny Arkana wrote a song "Capitale de la rupture" that denounced the European Capital of Culture for pushing traditional residents to the side and trying to make Marseille just another "nice city on the Côte d’Azur". The sociologist Sylvia Girel also published a report noting that many people weren’t involved in MP2013, notably those in the poorer northern neighbourhoods of Marseille or the rural regions of Provence. In February 2013, the news website Marsactu revealed that the City of Marseille was providing a 400 000 euro subsidy for a concert at Parc Borély in Marseille by
European Capital of Culture European Capital of Culture The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union (EU) for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension. Preparing a European Capital of Culture can be an opportunity for the city to generate considerable cultural, social and economic benefits and it can help foster urban regeneration, change the city's image and raise its visibility and profile on an international scale. In 1985, Melina Mercouri, Greece’s minister of culture, and her French counterpart Jack Lang came up with the idea