The RN mayor of Perpignan, Louis Aliot, decided to reopen on Tuesday four municipal museums, closed since October, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and without waiting for government announcements to this effect.
On Europe 1, he claims a right to local experimentation.
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A unilateral decision.
The mayor National Gathering of Perpignan, Louis Aliot, decided to open four municipal museums on Tuesday, despite the Covid-19 epidemic, without waiting for new government instructions to this effect.
Believing culture "essential" for Perpignan, the city councilor signed four municipal decrees.
On Europe 1, he explains his gesture.
"The pandemic, we've been in it for a year now. There are certainly variants but at that time: let's re-confine everything. We cannot confine on one side, not confine the rest," he assures. -he.
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The right to experimentation
The Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot, who brought together the directors of these private and public structures this morning, assured that the museums and monuments would be the first to reopen in the event of a "decline" of the epidemic.
"The words of Roselyne Bachelot on Monday were rather likely to suggest an improvement and in particular with regard to places which are controlled, which are sanitary safe", reacts Louis Aliot.
"As long as you respect the health protocol, it is no more dangerous to go and visit a museum in Perpignan than to go to a supermarket to do your shopping."
"The problem is also the populations who cannot take it any longer. It is a clever balance between respect for public health and the balance of health measures. I think that it is also a right to experimentation to the local scale ", continues the mayor, who claims the" human size "of the museums of Perpignan, which will allow, according to him, easier control outside.
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