Overview

• Two activists detained after the June 2 theft of a €40,000 wax statue of President Macron will appear before an investigating magistrate on June 5 to determine formal charges.
• Protesters removed the waxwork from Paris’s Grévin Museum and placed it outside the Russian embassy and EDF headquarters to denounce France’s contracts with Russia.
• Lawyer Marie Dose said the two detainees drove a support truck during the protest and were not directly involved in taking the statue from the museum.
• The activists have spent three nights in custody and their lawyer described the conditions as deplorable, citing prolonged bench restraints and overcrowded cells.
• Greenpeace framed the stunt as part of a broader campaign against French agreements for Russian liquefied natural gas, chemical fertilizers and nuclear fuel.