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The Mona Lisa has been vandalized
Josefine Karlsson
Updated 11.28 | Published 10.59
The "Mona Lisa" has been attacked at the Louvre.
Two climate activists threw soup at the world-famous painting.
The world famous work of art "Mona Lisa" has been vandalized, reports Le Parisien.
On Sunday morning, two female climate activists threw soup over the painting.
"What is more important? Art or the right to healthy and sustainable food? Our agricultural system is sick!" shouted two women, according to the newspaper.
The painting painted by Leonardo Da Vinci hangs in the Louvre in Paris. The artwork has been protected by glass since 2005.
It is not the first time that the world's most famous work of art has been vandalized.
In 2022, a young man threw a cream cake at the painting. The man was arrested and said he did it to draw attention to the climate crisis. In 2009, a tourist threw a cup at the painting but the protective glass did not break.
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Paris
The threat of angry farmers: Slaughter Paris - with manure
Emil Forsberg
Published 2024-01-26 00.01
Tractors with fertilizer block highway near Lyon. Photo: Laurent Cipriani / AP
A peasant revolt has broken out in France.
The list of demands sent to the government must be fulfilled by Friday at the latest.
Otherwise, they threaten to paralyze Paris with fertilizer and tractors.
Large protests have broken out across France.
At least 55,000 farmers are said to have participated in the demonstrations on Thursday, according to the organizer.
Train and car traffic has been blocked by parking tractors on highways and pouring large amounts of manure onto the tracks, according to Le Monde.
They have also dumped manure inside McDonald's restaurants and set fire to waste and straw bales in central Bordeaux.
The farmers have sent a list of 100 demands to the French government regarding everything from the price of diesel to be lowered to McDonalds to stop importing meat from other countries.
Long queues near Strasbourg on Wednesday. Photo: Jean-Francois Badias / AP
“Will go to Paris if necessary”
By Friday at the latest, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal must come up with an answer, otherwise they threaten to target Paris, which has so far been spared.
The farmers warn that all entrances and exits to Paris will be blocked by tractors, trucks and manure if the demands are not met.
- We are waiting for the government to listen to us. But our president is not even in France, so he doesn't seem too concerned, says the 29-year-old grain farmer Maximilien Dauchy to Le Monde and continues:
- The government must remove the blinders and take us into account. Our strength is that everyone is united and we will go to Paris and Brussels if necessary.
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