Yannick Jadot, Place de la République in Paris on October 18, 2020 -

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Voices continue to rise to denounce the treatment of culture.

Yannick Jadot demanded Sunday “the reopening of all cultural activities” as initially planned on December 15, deploring that the government “decided to sacrifice culture”.

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, MEP EELV considered that culture was "obviously essential, music schools, theaters, cinemas have worked on an extremely serious health protocol".

"They must be reopened as planned," he said.

"This government has decided to sacrifice culture"

"It is totally absurd that cinemas, theaters, music schools, performing arts, cannot work, while they have drawn up very strict sanitary rules", he repeated.

"I would not say that it is a hatred of the artist, but clearly this government has decided to sacrifice culture, which arrives as the last of the sectors", regretted the elected ecologist.

"I ask for the reopening of all cultural activities, under strict health protocol," continued Yannick Jadot.

"When we see the state of our society, the state of fatigue at best, of lassitude, at worst of depression, we cannot simply survive, we must also continue to flourish", he argued. , judging that the rule was "not fair" for the culture.

Challenge this decision in court

Ready to reopen on December 15 as initially hoped for when the second confinement was announced at the end of October, cinemas, theaters and museums saw their hopes dashed Wednesday by Prime Minister Jean Castex.

The latter announced that, faced with the persistent epidemic pressure "which lasts longer than one would like", they should remain closed again until January 7 at least.

Unions of employers and employees from the world of culture, public and private together, announced on Saturday their intention to challenge the government decision in court.

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