in the event of a victory for the RN, the Avignon festival will become “a festival of resistance”, says its director Tiago Rodrigues

The Avignon festival will become “a festival of resistance” in the event of a victory by the National Rally in the legislative elections and its arrival in government, declared its director Tiago Rodrigues on Friday June 28 on franceinfo, on the eve of the opening of the 78th edition in the Vaucluse city.

“The current management of the Avignon festival will never agree to collaborate with a government and a Ministry of Culture controlled by the RN and the far right”assures Tiago Rodrigues, who encourages the vote “to block the extreme right, which would endanger artistic freedom, freedom of expression, which has been the flag of the Avignon festival for almost 80 years”. “Only the National Rally and the far right believe that culture and the arts are used for propaganda, and must be controlled and censored.”he continued.

“In the event that the Ministry of Culture falls into the hands of the RN, it will be resistance”he repeated, citing “public partners such as the city of Avignon, the South region, the Vaucluse department or the greater Avignon agglomeration, who will be able to show solidarity with the idea of ​​a festival (…) which will automatically be a festival of resistance that does not collaborate”.