Louvre President Laurence des Cars resigns, President Macron accepts
Laurence des Cars on Tuesday handed in her resignation to French President Emmanuel Macron, who accepted it, hailing it as an “act of responsibility”. The museum, shaken by a high-profile heist last October, is in need of a “new impetus”, Macron's office said.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the head of the Louvre museum, which has been grappling with the fallout from a jewel heist and strikes.
Laurence des Cars tendered her resignation, which Macron accepted "praising an act of responsibility at a time when the world's largest museum needs calm and a strong new impetus to successfully carry out major projects involving security, and modernisation", his office said.
Des Cars has faced intense criticism since burglars made off in October with jewels worth an estimated $102 million that are still missing, exposing security gaps at the world's most-visited museum.
Strikes over pay and conditions since December have also led to regular closures and added to a list of woes that included water leaks as well as a ticket fraud investigation.