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Eiffel Tower to reopen after row over removing women staff

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The Eiffel Tower in Paris is set to reopen on Tuesday, September 8, after staff walked out over a Hindu delegation's request to limit interactions with women. The operating company, SETE, acknowledged that they should not have accepted the delegation's conditions, which included separating male and female employees during the visit. The BAPS spiritual movement apologized for any pain or inconvenience caused by the incident, stating that their goal was to avoid disrupting others. Female Eiffel Tower staff claimed they were instructed to make themselves "invisible" and replace with men during the delegation's visit.

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On September 7, 2026, the Eiffel Tower was closed due to a strike by staff who protested the removal of female colleagues during a visit by a Hindu delegation from the BAPS spiritual movement. The delegation had requested that interactions with women be limited, and as a result, some female employees were asked to leave their posts or withdraw to other areas, while others were replaced by men. According to Eiffel Tower staff, they were given instructions to "make themselves invisible" in order to welcome the delegation. This incident sparked outrage among French officials, including Equality Minister Aurore Berge, who stated that "in France, we do not ask women to erase themselves." The operating company SETE acknowledged that the conditions requested by the Hindu delegation should not have been accepted, and the BAPS movement apologized for any pain or inconvenience caused.

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The Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) spiritual movement apologised for "any pain or inconvenience caused" by the incident. "To the best of our knowledge, at no point was anyone prevented access to the Eiffel Tower," the organisation wrote on X. "Due to the size of our delegation, the visit was arranged in conjunction with the Eiffel Tower team at the start of normal operating hours to avoid disrupting or inconveniencing others."

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🔮 The Eiffel Tower was set to reopen Tuesday (September 8, 2026) after staff walked out over the removal of women colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group which later apologised.

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Eiffel Tower to reopen after row over removing women staff · assertive framing

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The Eiffel Tower was set to reopen Tuesday (September 8, 2026) after staff walked out over the removal of women colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group which later apologised. asserted

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The operating company that runs the Paris landmark, SETE, acknowledged that the Hindu delegation had requested the visit be organised so as to limit "interactions with women" and said that "these conditions should not have been accepted". asserted

conditions → operate → women

It said the landmark was due to reopen on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) following a meeting the previous day between staff and management. asserted

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visit → apologise → others

Eiffel Tower staff said in a statement that it condemned "professional instructions that led to female employees being sidelined, replaced and made invisible because of their sex" during the visit by the delegation. asserted

employees → say → delegation

"Instructions were given to female employees of the Eiffel Tower and to female employees of contractors to make themselves invisible in order to welcome this delegation," the staff said in their statement, adding they were shocked to have been put in such a situation. "Some were asked to leave their posts and withdraw to other areas. asserted

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In some posts they were replaced by men. asserted

they → replace → men

And all female employees were instructed not to go through or cross certain areas while the delegation was present." asserted

delegation → instruct → areas