Gerald Darmanin, Minister of Justice of France, admitted that there were security failures when it came to protecting the Louvre Museum, this after the theft of several jewels from the imperial period of Napoleon and Josephine. French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that what happened is “an attack on heritage” and promised to recover what was stolen.
MADRID, Oct. 20 (EUROPA PRESS).- The Louvre Museum of France announced that the facilities will remain closed during the day this Monday as a result of the robo of jewelry recorded on Sunday in the art gallery, with no arrests made in the case for now.
“Behind him robo from yesterday in Louvrehe museo regrets to inform that it will remain closed to the public today,” said the museo on his account on the social network X. “Visitors who have already reserved tickets will receive a refund,” he stressed.
French Justice Minister acknowledges security flaws
The Minister of Justice of France, Gerald Darmanin, recognized this Monday security failures when it came to protecting the Louvre Museum, after the theft of several jewels from the imperial period of Napoleon and his wife, Josephine, during the day on Sunday, an incident that forced the closure of the place.
After the theft that the Louvre suffered yesterday, the museum regrets to inform you that it will remain closed to the public today. Visitors who have already reserved their tickets will be refunded.
Following yesterday’s robbery at the Louvre, the museum regrets to inform you that it will… pic.twitter.com/1UMDtyCty1
— Louvre Museum (@MuseeLouvre) October 20, 2025
“What is certain is that we have failed, since there were people capable of parking a furniture lift in the heart of Paris and taking people up in a few minutes to take jewels of incalculable value,” he said in statements to the radio station. France Interwhere he stressed that this fact “gives a regrettable image of France.”
Thus, he stressed that “it is necessary to see how the robbery, committed in broad daylight, was organized.” “It is better to let the investigators and the Justice Department say if they were very organized people,” he said, while promising that there would be “consequences” and affirming that he “assumes his part” of responsibility for what happened.
“There are many museums in Paris, many museums in France, with invaluable content. The fact that the crystals were not insured is a question that can be raised,” he admitted after the French President, Emmanuel Macron, stressed that what happened is “an attack on heritage” and promised to recover the stolen jewels.
Macron highlighted that “the Louvre Nouvelle Renaissance project, which we launched in January, includes reinforced security” for facilities like the Louvre. “It will guarantee the preservation and protection of what constitutes our memory and our culture,” he concluded, in the midst of the Prosecutor’s Office investigation for “organized robbery” and “conspiracy to commit a crime.”
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