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Struggling Louvre begs Macron for help
CGTN Europe
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28/01/2025
French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Louvre after the museum’s directors begged for help to bring it up to date. Speaking from the museum, CGTN’s Ross Cullen explains the problems.
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the Louvre is the world's biggest museum and it has some big problems the director of the
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centuries-old building says that the exhibition halls like this one i'm in right now are aging
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that there is inadequate signage that the building leaks it's overcrowded there are not
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enough areas for people to take a break there are inadequate sanitary and dining facilities
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and she has said that unfortunately a trip to the Louvre is now a physical ordeal the French
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president Emmanuel Macron visited the Louvre on the 28th of January responding to her call
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for urgent government assistance to help restore the world's most visited museum
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