French politician and economist, mayor of Paris Centre since 2020
Eiffel Tower staff have walked out after female employees were asked to leave posts and be replaced during a private Saturday visit by a delegation from the Hindu group BAPS. Tower management has apologised, opened an internal inquiry and the monument has reopened; BAPS has apologised and denied anyone was refused access.
A blaze has destroyed Paris’s oldest covered market, the Enfants Rouges, an iconic 17th-century site in the Marais. City authorities say the market is completely destroyed, with one firefighter lightly injured and no other casualties. The market, renovated in 2000 after a historic campaign, was a hub for street food from around the world.