Curfew in France: the world of culture cries out its anger in the street
The demonstrators, cultural actors, at the Place de la Bastille this Tuesday, December 15, 2020. REUTERS - GONZALO FUENTES
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With the end of confinement, the French go to curfew from this Tuesday evening, December 15, 8 p.m.
Restaurants and bars remain closed, as do cultural places: museums, theaters, cinemas.
Their representatives are in the streets on Tuesday where the unions from the world of culture called to gather.
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They must be around 200 at the foot of the Bastille opera house, many wearing masks crossed out with a red cross, and accompanied by the slogan "
Culture in danger
".
The truck and the sound system have just arrived, the signs have started to appear on the steps of the Opera.
The announcement of the postponement to January 7, at least, of the reopening of theaters had the effect of a cold shower for these entertainment professionals.
Officially, it is a question of avoiding the flows, the mixing of audiences but these actors, technicians, musicians and intermittents wonder: why then authorize the mixing of populations in shopping centers?
Where is the consistency ?
Several hundred actors, musicians, cultural technicians gathered at Place de la Bastille.
They are asking for the reopening of rooms and cultural events.
Sick of being able to perform pic.twitter.com/m4QkcKRM7q
- Alexis Bédu (@alexisbedu) December 15, 2020
Request for annulment of the decree
Culture is no less essential, emphasize those interviewed.
Uncertainty is seriously beginning to weigh on these professionals, as explained by Ghislain Gauthier, deputy secretary of the CGT spectacle.
“
Some have not worked at all for months and are worried about the future of their social rights
,” he explains.
The 35 million euros of budget extension promised by Prime Minister Jean Castex for the sector are a substantial envelope but perhaps not sufficient
”.
The CGT Spectacle which, along with other organizations, is also continuing the fight in court.
An emergency procedure has been filed with the Council of State to request the annulment of the decree postponing the opening of theaters.
► To read also: France: the world of culture facing the coronavirus
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