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Misleading headline

British tourists will pay more to visit Louvre, says MacronFollowed by: French president targets non-EU citizens to help fund ‘special area’ for Mona Lisa amid warnings museum is in ‘deplorable state’https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/28/british-tourists-pay-more-for-louvre-macron-announces/The measure is targetted at non-EU citizens, not the British in particular.  Appalling reporting!

Ivonne Holliday ● 103d10 Comments

@Andy I suspect the OP wanted to find something wrong with it; had it been published in the Guardian it probably wouldn't have been 'appalling'.

Sue Hammond ● 102d

The headline could be construed as misleading as it could imply that Macron was singling out UK visitors whereas he actually referred to non EU citizens - and did he actually mean non EEA citizens? Perhaps the Telegraph was trying to say what an appalling mistake Brexit was?Yes, Robert, just pay as one has to do anyway elsewhere in the EU and US.

Michael Ixer ● 102d

Honestly does anybody really care.  If you want to visit just pay.

Robert Wheeler ● 102d

Yes. Agree.

Jane Carter ● 102d

Jane,Instead of saying:  British tourists will pay more to visit Louvre, says MacronWhy not:  Non-EU citizens will pay more to visit Louvre, says Macron

Ivonne Holliday ● 102d

I think that headline would have been rather long and clunky. Perhaps I’m wrong but I thought Sue was being a touch ironic? Surely Telegraph readers could work out that not being in the EU, its readers would have to pay more to visit the Louvre.

Jane Carter ● 102d

Not sure what's misleading.It's a fact that British tourists will pay more to visit the Louvre.Nothing untrue in the headline.

Andy Pike ● 103d

Yes Sue, that's what the headline should have read, as it is accurate reporting.

Lucille Grant ● 103d

Sue, your suggestion of headline is perfect.  It reflects the fact that the new measures apply all non-EU citizens, not just British tourists.

Ivonne Holliday ● 103d

How is it appalling? It's just fact. Should the headline have said 'all non-EU citizens, including British tourists, will have to pay more to visit the Louvre'?

Sue Hammond ● 103d