French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans for installing contemporary windows inside the restored Notre Dame Cathedral is facing furious opposition.
Emmanuel Macron’s approval ratings have plunged to their lowest since he took office in 2017 after his latest attempt to reconnect with ordinary citizens humiliatingly backfired.
The TikTok creator who Macron helped had previously called the president a “dwarf married to his French teacher,” who presided over a “country the size of a potato crisp.”
With upgrades including a separate room for the Mona Lisa, the renovation of Paris' Louvre Museum is expected to cost between $730 million and $825 million over the next decade.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday a new restoration and expansion project for the Louvre Museum.
A popular iteration of the claim labeled a wider crop of the same photo, usually in French, as "the husband, the wife and the lover" — implying that the third person was Brigitte Macron's ex-husband, André-Louis Auzière.
Emmanuel Macron has promised to return the Louvre to its former glory in an ambitious renovation project that is forecast to cost between €700 and €800 million (£586 and £670 million).
Trump has promised to push for peace talks in Ukraine within six months but has criticized Europe's lack of defense spending.
French President Emmanuel Macron said his country will contribute €1 billion euros ($1.04 billion) to a World Bank-backed drive to increase access to electricity in Africa.
Emmanuel Macron has suffered a fresh blow after his approval ratings tanked to the lowest since his presidency began in 2017. An Ifop poll for Le Journal du Dimanche revealed that just 21% of French voters were happy with Mr Macron's time in office — the lowest in seven years and the second-lowest in modern French history.
The Mona Lisa painting would be given its own "special space" within the Louvre which will be accessible with a separate access pass