Paris police acknowledged major gaps in the Louvre’s defenses on Wednesday — turning this month's dazzling daylight theft into a national reckoning over how France protects its treasures. Paris Police Chief Patrice Faure told Senate lawmakers that aging systems and slow-moving fixes left weak seams in the world’s most-visited museum.

A delegation of senators visited the Paris museum and said that its security was "not in line" with modern standards. View on euronews