Emmanuel Macron, here alongside Franck Riester on September 20, 2019, has planned to announce several measures for the world of culture, hard hit by the coronavirus crisis. - KAMIL ZIHNIOGLU / SIPA

"To the artists who have spoken, I mean that I can hear them. The State will continue to support them, protect the most fragile, support creation. The future cannot be invented without your imagination, "wrote the head of state, in a tweet posted Saturday afternoon. Emmanuel Macron promised this Saturday of "first decisions" Wednesday, for the world of culture, to a complete stop and in great difficulty since the confinement imposed in the fight against the coronavirus. "Wednesday I will announce the first decisions in this direction," he continued in his message.

To the artists who have spoken, I mean that I can hear them. The State will continue to support them, protect the most fragile, support creation. The future cannot be invented without your power of imagination. Wednesday I will announce the first decisions in this direction.

- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 2, 2020

Festivals and concerts canceled, theaters and cinemas closed, fashion shows made difficult ... The world of culture is suffering from the crisis linked to the global pandemic, including the many intermittent performers who bring it to life. Small structures are likely to file for bankruptcy and unemployment threatens the intermittent of the spectacle.

At the start of the confinement, in mid-March, the Minister of Culture, Franck Riester, assured that he was working "to ensure that intermittent workers are not too penalized (because) they have fewer contracts and the opening of their rights risks to be disturbed. "

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