French President Emmanuel Macron wax statue is stolen by Greenpeace activists

Greenpeace activists were photographed stealing a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron successful Paris successful an enactment of protestation against the country’s concern ties with Russia. 

The biology radical said its members "borrowed the statue of Emmanuel Macron from the Grévin Museum" connected Monday, "believing that helium does not merit to beryllium exhibited successful this world-renowned taste constitution until helium has terminated French contracts with Russia and initiated an ambitious and lasting ecological modulation connected a European scale." 

"Later successful the day, they went to the Russian embassy successful Paris, successful beforehand of the statue of Emmanuel Macron, to unfurl a banner denouncing existent dealings with Russia," the radical added. 

Images showed 2 men hauling the wax fig of Macron done the streets of the French capital. 

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Greenpeace biology activists acceptable up a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron extracurricular the Russian Embassy successful Paris connected June 2. (Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images)

"There was nary confrontation with depository information due to the fact that we had planned everything cautiously to guarantee it happened quickly," a Greenpeace spokesperson told Reuters, noting that the activists entered the spot arsenic regular visitors earlier heading to the country wherever the Macron statue was located. 

The quality bureau added that different activists were waiting successful a getaway car extracurricular the depository and that the radical plans to instrumentality the statue astatine an chartless date. 

On its website, the Grévin Museum said its statue of Macron is 1 of much than 200 celebrities connected show who are "immortalized successful wax." 

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Wax statues of French President Emmanuel Macron and erstwhile President Joe Biden are seen astatine the Grévin Museum successful Paris, France, successful May 2021. (Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty Images)

"Discover the wax figures of immoderate of the astir important satellite leaders astatine the Grévin Museum!" it adds. 

Photos antecedently taken astatine the depository showed the Macron statue lasting adjacent to 1 of erstwhile President Joe Biden. 

"We bash not contradict the political, diplomatic, and fiscal enactment of France and Europe for Ukraine," Greenpeace France manager Jean-Francois Julliard said to Reuters. 

Greenpeace biology activists stole the statue of French President Emmanuel Macron connected Monday, June 2. (Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images)

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"But if we privation to beryllium coherent and consistent, we cannot, connected the 1 hand, enactment Ukraine and, connected the other, proceed to import specified monolithic amounts of gas, chemic fertilizers, and uranium."