The world of culture does not finally pull the curtain in Belgium.

While Prime Minister Alexander De Croo last week announced the closure of theaters, performance halls and cinemas, Belgian justice decided another end on Tuesday.

The Council of State, the highest Belgian administrative court, lifted the ban, considering that the authorities had not demonstrated "how theaters in the cultural sector are particularly dangerous places for the health and life of people in as long as they promote the spread of the coronavirus, to the point where it is necessary to order its closure ”.

The government's decision on December 22nd provoked the anger of the cultural world in Belgium.

Several thousand people, 5,000 according to the police, demonstrated in Brussels on Sunday to demand the withdrawal of this measure.

The Council of State had been seized in summary by the producer of a show scheduled from Tuesday to Thursday in Auderghem, one of the municipalities of Brussels.

An immediate decision without appeal

His suspension decision, which the government cannot appeal, is applicable immediately.

It is valid until a decision is taken on the merits, which could take several months.

If the cinemas are not formally concerned by the judgment of Tuesday, which relates to the only request of the producer, they are the subject of other appeals which risk to lead to the same decision, because of this jurisprudence.

Certain theaters and numerous cinemas, notably in Brussels, Namur (center) and Liège (east), have decided to defy the ban by remaining open.

Speaking of "inconsistency" or even "aberration", several health experts have publicly denounced the closure of cultural places in Belgium, deeming it all the more surprising since, at the same time, cafes and restaurants could remain open until at 11 p.m. nationwide.

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