Paris' Louvre staff votes to extend strike, leaving museum closed, BFM TV reports


  • World
  • Wednesday, 17 Dec 2025

Louvre museum employees on strike hold a placard which reads "the shipwrecked victims of the Louvre's cultural policy" and labour unions flags to protest their working conditions, the state of the museum's buildings and staffing issues, two months after a spectacular heist which saw thieves make off with jewels in broad daylight, outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Staff at France's Louvre museum in Paris on Wednesday voted in favour of extending a strike that began on Monday, BFM TV reported, citing union representatives, leaving the world's most visited museum closed until further notice.

The museum is routinely closed on Tuesdays.

(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, writing by Louise Breusch Rasmussen)

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