"I was going back there." Behind the scenes of the meeting between Macron and the artists

Plunged into uncertainty for several weeks, the cultural community was clamoring for concrete measures. The head of state finally decided to meet Wednesday morning with twelve representatives of dance, circus, music, opera, cinema, literature, including singer Catherine Ringer, directors Tolédano and Nakache, actresses Norah Krief and Sandrine Kiberlain. The meeting lasted nearly two hours, during which subjects such as the rights of intermittent workers and the challenges of deconfinement were discussed.

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The meeting is organized in a rush. The growls rose; to defuse the bomb, Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday, by a tweet, that he was organizing a meeting four days later. Invitations are issued. The Élysée wants six men, six women and the widest possible range of disciplines. We are also looking for names that speak; we automatically dismiss large institutions, elected or self-appointed representatives,

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