"You can not go wrong", French artists criticize the French government

In a stinging statement published on Saturday, nearly 1,500 professionals from the French cultural world gave their unconditional support to the Yellow Vest movement.

On Saturday, the left-liberal newspaper Libération issued a joint statement signed by some 1,400 personalities from the French cultural milieu who vehemently supported the Yellow Vest movement.

The text, entitled "Yellow Vests – You Can not Fool Us!" criticizes the French government and the mainstream media for representing the movement.

The phenomenon of yellow vests is "a movement that the authorities want to discredit and repress severely, while the real violence is economic and social," says the statement, in strong and sincere worlds.

& # 39;we are the yellow vests!

With internationally renowned personalities such as Juliette Binoche and Emmanuel Béart, this statement fully supports the cause of yellow vests.

Yellow vests "ask for the most basic things," say professionals in culture. "A more direct democratic process, social and fiscal justice and radical measures to combat the climate emergency."

"we are the yellow vests, "they say proudly, reiterating their support for the" historic "movement.

Government accused of manipulating information

The 1,400 professionals in the French cultural milieu accuse the government of misleading the people.

"We see the strings that are drawn to make the yellow vests appear as anti-ecologists, extremists, racists and vandals ".

Professionals of culture refuse to be blinded by this "maneuver".

"This is not the reality, even though the media and government spokespeople want us to believe otherwise."

The police repression condemned

The statement is particularly harsh against the security measures taken by the government and the police "crackdown" which "becomes stricter every week".

"Nothing justifies a battery of so-called anti-vandalism laws, which end up violating our fundamental rights."

French cultural professionals are committed to continuing to support the movement.

"Our indignation will not stop, it will strengthen, we will meet more and more often."