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Louvre boss warns of closure risk without major renovations

2026-10-14T12:21:41.000Z

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Speaking to Le Figaro, Christophe Leribault said that the museum intended to tap private sources of funding for its transformation, but that a major injection of public money would need to be approved after national elections next year.

On 8 and 9 june 2025, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, travels to Nice, in France, to participate in the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference
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