Rachida Dati suggested "that visitors from outside the EU pay more for their entry tickets" to the Louvre.Magali Cohen/AFP via Getty Images

Charge tourists to access Notre-Dame in Paris, French minister proposes – POLITICO

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PARIS — Emily Cooper might need to start forking out more cash to visit Paris’ iconic tourist attractions.

France’s right-wing Culture Minister Rachida Dati has put forward a proposal to charge entry to Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral and have non-EU citizens “pay more” to visit the Louvre Museum.

While the French culture ministry has been spared from the spending cuts proposed in new Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s tough austerity plan, Dati told conservative outlet Le Figaro that more funding is needed for innovation and to finance the conservation of France’s many monuments.