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February 22, 2021 "We are thinking so that progressively, in conditions of maximum safety, we go to the reopening of all places of culture. As long as they do not work, we must support the operators of the sector regardless of the type of contract they had. But now we need to think of the reopening. To date, theaters and cinemas are closed in France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Portugal. But since Italy is Italy I would like us to be the first to reopen ".

Thus in an interview with Corriere della Sera the Minister of Cultural Heritage Dario Franceschini.



Safety, he specifies, "is an absolute priority. But in recent months we have understood that the most dangerous places are those where you take off your mask: restaurants, bars, private homes. In theaters and cinemas, already in the summer reopening, there is they were very strict security measures that proved to be efficient. I asked the Technical-Scientific Committee for an urgent meeting to propose the additional security measures on which the trade organizations are working and which they will hand me over. I think - continues Franceschini - that theaters and cinemas, with severe and adequate measures, are safer than other venues already open today ".

On the controversy surrounding the appointment of Gabriel Zuchtriegel in Pompeii, the minister concludes: "I chose Zuchtriegel knowing the positive evaluation of the commission and the very important work done in Paestum that everyone recognizes. There was controversy for all the foreign directors. When a change is triggered. , if it is true, it causes resistance. If no one resists, it means that it is a fake change. The directions chosen with the international selection have achieved excellent results with a team effort that has recognized us from the whole world of culture, including international ones ".