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Paris Builds Barrier Around Eiffel Tower to Limit Terrorism

  • Paris to spend EU20 million on permanant protective barrier
  • City won’t confirm report that glass structure is planned
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Paris is spending 20 million euros ($22 million) to build a protective barrier around the Eiffel Tower to replace temporary structures that were put up after a series of terror attacks.

“Sadly, the risk of terrorism hasn’t gone away,” deputy mayor Jean-François Martins said at a Paris press conference. “It’s not a wall, it’s an aesthetic perimeter.”