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France deploys 70,000 police as strikes close Eiffel Tower and Louvre
November 6, 2026 at 03:25 PM
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(opens the publisher’s site)A national strike over living costs and public services has shut parts of Paris's flagship museums and disrupted schools across France, with the interior ministry deploying 70,000 officers.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced the deployment of about 70,000 police and gendarmes across the country to secure the protests and protect public buildings.
- The Eiffel Tower's operating company announced the monument was closed to visitors because of the strike; the Louvre closed some halls and the Orsay museum shut at 6pm local time.
- Unions estimated around 1,000 high schools were closed, blockaded or disrupted, while the interior ministry reported 81 educational institutions besieged or closed on Thursday morning.
- The interior ministry reported 86 fire-related interventions, 53 police officers injured and 448 people detained during the protests.