EMMANUEL MACRON’S GOT A POINT: WHY SHOULDN’T WE CHARGE TOURISTS TO SEE OUR TREASURES? CATHERINE BENNETT
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✍️ The article discusses the potential introduction of entrance fees for non-EU visitors to the Louvre museum, proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron, and compares it to a similar proposal by a British curator, Sir Mark Jones, for the British Museum.
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👉 The Louvre museum may introduce entrance fees for non-EU visitors, proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron
👉 The proposal is seen as a way to target British tourists, who are often criticized for not paying their fair share of museum fees
👉 Museum workers are often underpaid and overworked, and charging entrance fees could be a way to improve their working conditions
👉 Corporate funding of museums can create conflicts of interest and undermine the integrity of the institution
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quotingguardian.co.uk (nprofile…fw9w)
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The Louvre’s proposed two-tier fees are a better way to fund museums than iffy corporate sponsorship dealsIntroducing, five years on, another Brexit bonus: the chance to support the renovation of the Louvre. President Emmanuel Macron has proposed paying for the “renaissance” of the Paris museum, in part, by increasing entrance fees for visitors from outside the EU.After some initial attempts to represent this as a direct insult – “Brits will be forced to pay more than EU residents” (the Mail) – even the rabidly pro-Brexit press appears to have accepted that the scheme applies globally, to all non-EU visitors: an exceptionally cunning way of Brit-targeting, even for the French. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/02/emmanuel-macrons-got-a-point-why-shouldnt-we-charge-tourists-to-see-our-treasures