Overview
- About 400 employees voted unanimously Monday to launch a reconductible strike at a morning general assembly.
- The museum confirmed a full‑day closure with automatic refunds for dated tickets, with further disruption likely at a new staff meeting on Wednesday after Tuesday’s regular closure.
- Unions cite understaffing and worsening conditions that have degraded visitor reception, and call for tighter ministerial oversight plus priority for security and essential renovations.
- Culture Minister Rachida Dati has pledged to reverse a planned €5.7 million cut to the Louvre’s 2026 subsidy and appointed senior official Philippe Jost to lead a January–February reorganization with first recommendations due late February 2026.
- Senate culture committee hearings are scheduled this week, with former president Jean‑Luc Martinez on Tuesday and current chief Laurence des Cars on Wednesday to address management lapses and past audits.