Eiffel Tower boss to stand down after female staff excluded during Hindu group visit

Patrick Branco Ruivo, who ran the tower’s operating company, will step down after an internal inquiry cited “problems and shortcomings” over the moving of female employees.

The head of the company that runs the Eiffel Tower will step down at the end of the year after female staff at the landmark building in Paris were excluded during a visit by a Hindu religious group.

The head of the company which runs the Eiffel Tower is to stand down after female staff were excluded during a visit by a Hindu religious group.