A delegation of senators visited the Paris museum and said that its security was "not in line" with modern standards,
Euronews reports.
French senators criticised the Louvre's security on Tuesday and called for improved measures following a brazen jewellery heist at the Paris landmark earlier this month.
Thieves stole jewels valued at €88 million from the world’s most-visited museum on 19 October. It took them just under eight minutes to pull off the robbery.
The four intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre's façade, forced open a window, opened a breach in display cases and fled, according to French officials.
The haul included a sapphire diadem, necklace and an earring from a set linked to 19th-century queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense.
The daytime theft of centuries-old jewels of significant cultural and monetary value has captured the world's attention for its audacity and movie plot-like details.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday after visiting the Louvre with fellow senators, Laurent Lafon, head of the culture committee at the French Senate, said there "are many improvements to be made" to the museum's security.
"Our security system does not meet nowadays' standards," he said.
Lafon said that there was a "weakness" with outdoor cameras that facilitated the robbery, but would not provide further details for "confidentiality reasons".
The senators called for a speedy start of massive renovation work that was already planned — and said this should happen as soon as possible, since France’s budget for 2026 is currently being debated in the parliament.
