Surprise visit by Roselyne Bachelot to the Odéon theater, occupied since Thursday

She pledged to "try".

Saturday evening, to everyone's surprise, the Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot went to the Odeon theater, under the Luxembourg gardens.

About fifty representatives of culture, hospitality, events and tourism, have occupied this highly symbolic place of culture since Thursday.

They want to obtain the reopening of theaters, cinemas, museums.

They are also asking for a massive aid plan for the sector and the extension of the white year granted to intermittents, for an additional year.

“The balance of power is growing!

The Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot has just joined the occupation of the Odeon.

Is this the start of a negotiation or a simple publicity stunt?

We initiate the discussion ”, indicated on Facebook the CGT Spectacle.

The balance of power is growing!

The Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot has just joined the occupation of the Odeon ....

Posted by Cgt Spectacle on Saturday March 6, 2021

In the photos, the minister seems to listen attentively to her interlocutors, and to take notes.

"I am sometimes presented as a Carabosse fairy who does it for fun, but we are all in the same boat," she would have said, according to a journalist from the Daily show on site.

After leaving, Roselyne Bachelot spoke on Twitter.

“I understand the concerns in particular about the aftermath of the White Year: they know it, my objective is to continue to protect artistic employment as much as necessary.

We will continue our discussions, ”wrote the Minister, in office since July.

I went to @TheatreOdeon this evening which has been busy for 3 days.

I understand the concerns in particular about the aftermath of the White Year: they know it, my objective is to continue to protect artistic employment as much as necessary.

We will continue our discussions.

#odeon pic.twitter.com/8sZh3booqp

- Roselyne Bachelot (@R_Bachelot) March 6, 2021

The minister pledged to "try" to win new budgetary trade-offs.

After his visit, the occupants, considering that they had only dialogued and obtained nothing, opted for a third night of occupation.

A large general assembly is scheduled in front of the theater this Sunday at 2 p.m.