Activists said in their demonstration that they were defending farmers.
Katriina Töyrylä,
Olli-Pekka Sulasma
Two protesters have thrown soup on the bulletproof glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The women went under the safety ropes and in the video you can hear people being terrorized.
The protesters belong to Riposte Alimentaire. It says on its website that the protest wanted to draw attention to environmental protection and sustainable food production.
– What is more important, art or healthy, sustainably produced food, the protesters shouted.
According to the protesters, the system is sick and farmers are dying to work. They also accused the French government of breaking its climate commitments.
French farmers have recently protested for, among other things, better wages.
Climate activists have previously taken artworks as the target of their protests. Another year in May, an activist threw a pie at the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci the painting was not damaged thanks to the protective glass. The exhibition hall was emptied of people immediately after the act of vandalism, and the guards took away the two women who had expressed their feelings.
Sources: AFP, AP, Reuters