Emmanuel Macron is particularly awaited on this issue, while actors in the world of culture, intermittent workers, singers, actors, etc., have been alerting since the start of the health crisis to the precariousness of their situation. Wednesday morning, the President of the Republic is to meet with several artists. This meeting will probably be followed by a few announcements.

Since the start of the new coronavirus crisis, the world of culture has been calling for help. Prohibition of gatherings, closings of concert halls and cinemas ... it is the entire cultural industry which is almost completely stopped, and which is worried. A videoconference is organized Wednesday at 10:30 am at the Elysée, bringing together 12 artists who must present their grievances to the Head of State.

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There are tweets that create too many expectations. Last Saturday, Emmanuel Macron publishes a message in which he promises to accompany the artists, to support them, and he evokes "first decisions in this sense on Wednesday". The world of entertainment knows itself on the brink; intermittence, creation, the uncertainty of a recovery in a sector where barrier gestures are almost impossible.

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 first decisions in this direction.

- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 2, 2020

Measures that are slow to come

Within the executive, we know the issue. "No one will be left by the wayside," Culture Minister Frank Riester promised the assembly on Tuesday, except that nothing has yet been presented.

In the entourage of the president, we realize that this tweet has generated a lot of expectations except that it is too early. "Make no mistake, we are not yet to announce a recovery plan," said the Elysee. Clearly: culture is important but it will still be necessary to save the hospital first.

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Towards a postponement of the audiovisual reform

Wednesday morning, there will probably be some announcements: measures for intermittent workers, aid for the performing arts, for publishing, or the postponement of the audiovisual reform. But Emmanuel Macron especially planned to listen to the artists, their difficulties. It is not certain, however, that this is enough to convince the world of culture that he will not be forgotten in the current crisis.