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Right-wing politician Le Pen in front of the Louvre
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In France, the candidates for the presidential election campaign are warming up.
However, for Marine Le Pen, who is running for the ultra-right Rassemblement National, the run began with a tangible stumble.
The politician had recorded a video for her first address to her voters and stood in front of the glass pyramid of the famous Louvre.
The video, which was broadcast on Saturday and can be seen on her party's website, not only shows the museum in a picture - it should also, if Le Pen has his way, be included as her "Louvre declaration". make history.
However, the management of the museum had nothing at all to do with this type of commissioning.
A spokeswoman for the museum told Bloomberg news agency that the video was "taken without any permission, in violation of the rules of the law governing the public domain and intellectual property."
The newspaper "Le Parisien", which was the first to report on the case, also quotes an employee of the museum: One sees oneself as part of the French as a whole: "We cannot be the identity of a party or a claim.
In her clip, Marine Le Pen claims the image of the Louvre as her own.«
Le Pen and the film crew were informed during filming that consent was required, according to a statement seen by Bloomberg.
The art museum also said it was considering "follow-up actions that may be taken with respect to the terms of the filming and distribution of this video."
A Le Pen spokeswoman said the Louvre's rules do not require a permit if a video is not shot for commercial purposes.
It is, surprisingly, not the first time that the Louvre has had to serve as a celebratory stage.
Emmanuel Macron was celebrated in exactly the same place in 2017 - but as a newly elected president and not as a party politician.
The pyramid also appears in the video announcement made by propagandist Éric Zemmour for his participation in the election campaign.
The museum then asked him to remove the glass monument from the clip.
If he refuses, the candidate from the right-wing Reconquête party faces criminal prosecution.
The same now applies to Marine Le Pen, it said.
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