The third most visited tourist site in France will “probably remain closed all day” this Monday, February 19. Two staff unions are concerned about the “worrying deterioration of the monument’ The two unions are mainly targeting the Paris town hall, an ultra-majority shareholder.
They are calling for the creation of a “colossal specialowment fund” to meet future expenses. Inaugurated in 1889 for the Paris Universal Exhibition, the Eiffel Tower became a symbol of the capital and of France.