One of the most important French festivals, Festival Radio France Montpellier Occitanie is risking to lose €200.000 from its funding by the Region, the newspaper Midi Libre reports. This subvention was by now as high as €2,5 million and represented 65% of the total budget. Festival manager Jean-Pierre Rousseau said, that all the contacts for 2017 are signed and that he will not be able to save money on the artistic side.