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Tourist climbs Brussels statue, breaks it (www.bbc.com)

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The statue, outside the Brussels stock exchange, had just been restored at great cost.

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[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Although I'm only vaguely aware of the German laws, I don't think other EU nations' laws differ significantly.

Here's the corresponding law:

The insurer shall not be obligated to effect payment if the policyholder has intentionally and unlawfully caused the loss suffered by the third party.

Since this was clearly negligence, I think they would be fine. After all, they didn't intend to damage the statue. Gross negligence is still negligence.