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France passes law to ease returns of looted art
Filed: May 11, 2026 at 12:02 PM ET
Summary: France’s parliament definitively adopted legislation to simplify returning looted colonial-era artworks to their countries of origin.
WHO: French parliament
WHAT: Definitive adoption of legislation to simplify returns of looted art to countries of origin
WHEN: May 11, 2026 at 9:34 AM ET
WHERE: France
WHY: Part of a scheduled legislative process.
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