France commits 12-month support to seasonal cultural workers

Financial support for 'intermittent artists', making authors eligible for a 'solidarity fund for the self-employed', and guaranteeing bank loans for small festivals are among the measurers being set up to support the cultural sector in France over the next 12 months. President Macron has promised the government will not abandon the industry, and said his govenrnment will put everything in place "to ensure that the independent (workforce) can remain independent".