Coronavirus: Thousands of people demonstrated against the closure of cultural establishments -

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“Open theaters”, “Open cinemas”, “Deconfining culture!

These were the slogans chanted Tuesday noon by cultural professionals mobilized against the decision to extend the closure of cultural places because of Covid-19.

At the call of the CGT-spectacle, hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Place de la Bastille in Paris to denounce the government's “contempt” for them.

“We want people to tell us when we will be able to reopen because we do not reopen a theater with the snap of a finger.

There is a displayed contempt for the public.

We told him to change the time, we told him to change the day.

We have been very patient now, everything must stop, ”comedian Christophe Alévêque told AFP on the spot.

"Clarity" required

“I played in front of a completely masked audience.

All the people wear the mask.

What more can we do?

"He added, asking for" clarity ".

Other gatherings were held in France on Tuesday.

Theaters, theaters, cinemas, museums will remain closed at least until January 7.

The community is also leading the fight before the courts: unions and artists have announced that they are seizing the Council of State, via a "freedom summary", an emergency procedure, as catering professionals have been able to do in recent weeks, or well the ski sector.

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