Bare bust, twenty artists expressed their anger this Saturday in front of the Ministry of Culture for about twenty minutes.
The action took the form of a happening, during which the demonstrators chanted slogans such as "theft, theft, theft of culture" or "we are going to die, but not on stage", reference to the famous song of Dalida, before rushing into the metro.
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In France, performance halls and cultural venues have been closed for several months, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
To challenge the government on their situation, intermittents in the entertainment industry, workers in the hotel, event, tourism and culture sectors have occupied the Odeon as well as several cultural venues throughout France since the beginning of March. .
Specific to France, the intermittent regime concerns 120,000 artists and technicians compensated each year with the condition of having worked 507 hours over 12 months.
Emmanuel Macron granted them a blank year which expires in July, but they are asking for a second blank year, because of the prolongation of the crisis.
As for the millions of euros paid for culture, the occupants believe that they do not benefit the most precarious.