The author, art theorist and first culture minister of France, who died 50 years ago, is celebrated with more than 130 events, exhibitions and books this year

Pégard, a former advisor to the French president Emmanuel Macron, enters a ministry struggling with budgetary cuts and badly shaken by the stunning Louvre heist

Lang, 86, who has led the Parisian institution since 2013, has vigorously denied any wrongdoing after his name was found nearly 700 times within the Epstein files

Collectors Leon Black, Steve Tisch and Jean Pigozzi and the artist Jeff Koons are also mentioned in the documents

The text will be submitted for a vote in the senate on 24 September

The minister is accused of having secretly lobbied for the carmaker Renault-Nissan