Overview
- Catherine Pégard said Monday she will adjust the Louvre’s €1 billion “Nouvelle Renaissance” overhaul to harden security after the October 19 burglary exposed gaps.
- The project still covers major renovations and a new gallery for the Mona Lisa, though the choice of architects was postponed without a new date in February.
- On public broadcasting, she said no restructuring law will come in the next months, yet she kept a holding plan on the table to group France Télévisions, Radio France and the INA.
- She pledged to keep talks going with leaders of the three groups and to seek practical cooperation that improves daily operations rather than rushing structural change.
- Tight finances and rough politics now shape the timeline, with €173.4 million cut from culture this year and a tense Assembly inquiry that has drawn her criticism and dimmed the odds in a chamber without a clear majority.