Updated: 16/12/2020
French theatres, cinemas and other venues said on Saturday they would go to court to force the government to allow them reopen, as the country emerges from its COVID-19 lockdown.
The government has imposed a curfew from 8:00pm to replace the lockdown measures.
The government had said that if it reached 5,000 daily cases by December 15, cultural venues could reopen, but as the country's infection rate remains high, museums, theatres, concert venues and cinemas will remain closed for three more weeks.
Nicolas Dubourg, president of a union representing 400 venues, said he would seek an urgent hearing on the matter from France's highest administrative court: "Our lawyers are busy compiling all the arguments," he told AFP.