"They told us 'sorry, we won't be moving'. Temperatures were about to drop below zero degrees and many had nowhere to go," David Robert, La Gaîté Lyrique's spokesperson told Euronews.
"We [the venue's management] were faced with the tough decision of whether we should call the police to evacuate the premises. However, we knew that this would involve violence and that these young people would end up sleeping on the streets if no solution was found."
"The occupation is forcible, but how could we have kicked out send hundreds of young adults and make them sleep on the streets in freezing temperatures?"
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