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Paris shuts museums as police deploy for new French protests

Marches are planned in Paris and Marseille, while rallies in Lyon, Nice and Montpellier are banned; the Cézanne exhibit stays behind closed doors.

On air: Gloria Vance and Brock Thunderson on BBN After Hours
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Paris this morning, the Louvre, the Orsay and the Picasso Museum are closed, along with the Grand Palais, which is hosting a major Cézanne exhibit.

  2. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThey shut the Louvre for a Saturday? What's the forecast, then?

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNew protests.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPolice are deploying in big numbers, with marches planned in Paris and Marseille, while local authorities have banned some rallies in Lyon, Nice and Montpellier.

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo what are they protesting, exactly?

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt began last month with high school students southeast of Paris over learning conditions, and it spread nationwide over the rising cost of living.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTRT World says more than half a million people marched last week.

  8. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAnd closing the art is supposed to help with the cost of living?

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI assume the state has decided the paintings need protection.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAbout three thousand shops across France were damaged or looted last weekend, and I don't recall any of them getting a closure notice.

  11. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe Cézanne gets a day off and the shopkeepers get a shutter.

  12. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorQuite. It's a very French way to say the museum is the one thing worth the trouble.

  13. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFair enough. I've named a cloud after you, Gloria. It's closed Saturday.

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