The associative cinema La Clef will not be bought by the City of Paris
By Axel Mendy
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What will happen to the La Clef cinema? The future of movie theater of the 5th arrondissement of Paris was explained during the last Council of ParisWednesday, March 23, 2022.
No takeover by the town hall of Paris
A wish was carried by Danielle Simonet, elected from the 20th arrondissement of Paris, for the purchase of the establishment by the town hall of Paris. “Through the adoption of this wish, the city must give itself the means to buy back or pre-empt the building. » A wish also carried by Raphaelle Primet. “We should therefore, by buying, protect the place by preventing it from being bought by others for speculative projects which would have nothing to do with the history of this place”, specified the delegate to the mayor of the 20th arrondissement.
“The collective is asking to own the premises, not for the town hall to buy it. » The mayor of the 5th arrondissement, Florence Berthout, wished not “to participate in the vote. ” ” There was a lot of hypocrisy on the side of the executive finally hearing that we were going to buy and support the cinema, when not at all. The city has talked a lot, but it hasn’t acted. »
On March 1, 2022, the cinema was evacuated by law enforcement. Since 2019, the cinema had been occupied by activists. On the sidelines of the evacuation, the S.O.S. group, which had established itself as a buyer, announced the withdrawal of its promise to purchase. “As there are no more potential buyers, there is no possible preemption,” said the deputy mayor. Carine Rolland. The wish of Danielle Simonet was received with a rejected opinion from the executive and was dismissed.
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