the president of the Republic has unveiled on Wednesday a series of measures to help the culture sector, challenged by the crisis of the sars coronavirus.
The curtain remains closed until further notice for theatres, cinemas, festivals, film shoots, major museums and concert halls, social distancing requires. Emmanuel Macron wish, however, that the “places of creation come back to life”. This is why the head of State looks on Wednesday on the difficulties of the cultural sector, rolled by the pandemic Covid-19, and excluded a large part of the graceful restart of the country planned to start on the 11th of may.
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less than a week ago the déconfinement, the president of the Republic introduced a series of measures to help the culture during a video conference from the Elysee with artists of different fields, and in the presence of the minister of Culture, Franck Riester and her colleagues at the Economics Bruno The Mayor, and the Work Muriel Pénicaud.
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compensation Fund for the shootings
Emmanuel Macron has announced that it wants the establishment of a compensation fund for the series and movie shoots that can’t be achieved because of the crisis of the sars coronavirus.
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In concluding the video conference, the head of State has wished the sector, the State and the insurers will arrange for the compensation “case by case” for the series and filming cancelled.
The rights of the intermittents extended until the end of August 2021
He also advocated for the rights of the intermittents du spectacle “would be extended by one year” above and beyond six months where their activity will have been “impossible or highly degraded”, that is to say, “until the end of August 2021”.
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While announcing this “year in white” is very much expected by a cultural sector was damaged, the head of State said he was convinced that he was going to “give enough confidence for that practically, it does not need them”. “We’re going to give, with many projects, the hours” that will enable intermittent “does not enable these devices”, he said after a meeting with artists of various sectors.
About the artists, authors, the head of the State indicates that they will be eligible for the solidarity fund for very SMALL enterprises and independent”.
A “large program of public orders” for the Arts
The president has finally announced its intention to launch a “major programme of public commissions” from various professions in the cultural sector and more specifically young artists.
“I want to launch a major programme of public commissions”, he said. “Put the package”, “this is [for] the arts and crafts, live performances, literature, the plastic arts”, he detailed. “I think in particular of the creators under 30 years of age,” added the head of State.
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