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Some of the museum's problems she raised at the hearing included cuts in surveillance and security staff over the past decade and decaying infrastructure that could not handle the latest generation of video equipment. The director hopes that work to improve security will begin at the start of 2026. However, it is expected to be challenging given the aging infrastructure of what was once a royal palace. Des Cars said she had tendered her resignation to the culture ministry after the heist but had been refused. She told senators she had been raising concerns about the state of the Louvre for some time. She became animated, even indignant, as she defended herself from media allegations that she prioritised her own comfort ahead of protecting the Louvre and its historic collections. "I am wounded as chair and director that the warnings I was raising, as a whistle-blower, in a sense, have come to pass last Sunday. "We've had a terrible failure at the Louvre. I've taken responsibility for it," she said. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told France's Europe1 radio on Wednesday that he had "every confidence" the thieves would be caught. Prosecutors have said their theory is that the robbers were under orders for a criminal organisation.
