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Strike closes Eiffel Tower over exclusion of female staff for Hindu group's visit

Summary by France24
The Eiffel Tower was forced to close on Monday after staff went on strike in protest at the exclusion of female employees during a recent visit by a Hindu delegation. The Paris landmark's operator said the visitors had requested that the visit be organised in such a way as to limit “interactions with women”.

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The Eiffel Tower remained closed to the public on Monday, 7 September, its official website evoking a "delayed opening" for operational reasons. The employees actually declared themselves on strike after the visit of a Hindu dignitary, organized by limiting its interactions with the female staff. The company that operates the monument acknowledges that "these conditions should not have been accepted" and presents its apologies. - The Eiffel Towe…

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For its part, the Eiffel Tower operating company stated that the Hindu group had requested that the visit be organized by limiting "interactions with women" and recognized that "these conditions should not have been accepted".

·Paris, France
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In a statement, the staff of the emblematic monument denounces a macho episode when they received this Saturday an ultra-religious Hindu delegation of about a hundred people: "The workers were instructed to become invisible in order to receive them"The Spanish city that could have the Eiffel Tower, but preferred to give it to Paris because it was ugly and expensive The employees of the Eiffel Tower refuse to open this Monday after what happened …

·Madrid, Spain
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The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday following a strike by the employees, shocked by the eviction of female employees during the visit of a Hindu delegation this Saturday

·Levallois-Perret, France
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The Paris monument was closed this Monday, September 7 following a social movement denouncing discriminatory orders imposed by a foreign delegation.

·France
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The Local - Fr broke the news in Stockholm, Sweden on Monday, September 7, 2026.
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