Louvre shuts down amid violent protests
Around 50 École du Louvre students led the blockade in solidarity with a high school protest movement and against police repression, management said.
- Protesters blocked access to the Louvre Museum in Paris on Monday, preventing it from opening as scheduled.
- Students from the École du Louvre led the protest during demonstrations across France.
- Protesters said they supported the high school student movement and opposed what they called “police repression,” according to AFP.
- Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said more than 2,330 people were taken into police custody nationwide over the weekend.
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Paris Night Curfew, State of Emergency May Be Declared; Louvre Museum Also Closed Due to Blockade Protests. The French government has imposed a night curfew in major cities, including Paris, to respond to the violence that has been spreading on a large scale across the country since the 17th. The French government is not ruling out the declaration of a state of emergency.
Louvre Museum in Paris decides to close its doors to protests by students who express their dissatisfaction with the high cost of living.
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Just what do France’s angry youth want? It’s complicated
The protests and riots in France are made up of three distinct groups, David Crowe writes. Firstly, students who want art institutions to have more funding, activists on the cost of living, and violent opportunistic looters.
It is in support of the student movement and to denounce "police repression"
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