The Emmanuel Macron wax statue Was stolen from the Grévin Museum this morning on Monday, June 2 in the morning by several people claiming to be Greenpeace activists, AFP learned from police source. They then deposited him before the Russian Embassy as a sign of protest against France’s economic ties with Russia, we learned from concordant sources.
Two people were arrested according to our information.
According to a police source, two women and a man, pretending to be tourists, penetrated in the Parisian museumlocated in the 9th arrondissement of the capital. After changing, this time pretending to be craftsmen or employees of the establishment, they managed to steal the statue, worth 40,000 euros and hidden under a cover, leaving by an emergency exit.
“For us France plays a double game”
The statue of the President of the French Republic was then filed in front of the Russian Embassy, located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, noted an AFP journalist on the scene.
“For us France plays a double game” and “Emmanuel Macron embodies this double speech: he supports Ukraine but encourages French companies to continue to trade with Russia,” said Jean-Francois Julliard, Managing Director of Greenpeace France.
“We are targeting Emmanuel Macron, because he has a very special responsibility in this situation,” he added. “It is he who should be the first in European discussions” to end commercial contracts between Russia and European countries.
