CD&V Deputy Prime Minister Vincent Van Peteghem says it will not be possible to organize test events with 100 people inside from May 8. He stated this tonight upon entering the core cabinet, which is meeting just before another crucial Consultative Committee tomorrow. And yet, no matter what will be decided there, 80 cultural institutions from Brussels and Wallonia have already announced that they will resume their programs at the end of April anyway. They will ignore the prohibition to open.
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This includes theaters and cinemas. They propose different activities between April 30 and May 8 with health measures. The program will be announced tomorrow morning on www.stillstandingforculture.be.
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In a letter, signed by various protagonists from the cultural sector, it is requested to be allowed to perform both indoors and outdoors again from 8 May. “In the first phase it is about a cautious, gradual recovery”, the sector assures us. The aim is to reopen in accordance with the “terms of the unanimously approved consultation plan of Sunday, April 18”.
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“The first step is essential for the culture sector and its employees who have been living in uncertainty for more than 400 days. A limited number of organizations will be able to offer performances again from May 8, but there is an urgent need to work towards a gradual, organized reopening”, they insist. “Our federations can no longer contain the anger in the sector. It has to be concluded that the complaining phase is over.”
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About 80 institutions will therefore no longer wait for the approval of the Consultation Committee and will open their doors by the end of April. But tonight, CD&V Deputy Prime Minister Vincent Van Peteghem declared that indoor events for up to 100 people inside from May 8 “will certainly not be the case”. There is only room for test events from May.
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