Energy crisis to cast Eiffel Tower into early darkness

Paris city hall expected to propose cutting back lighting of monument by more than an hour a day

The Eiffel Tower, whose twinkling lights define the night-time Paris skyline, is to fall dark earlier because of the energy crisis.

Paris city hall is expected to propose this week that the monument, which is among the most visited in the world, should go dark more than an hour earlier than usual, as Europe faces spiralling energy costs aggravated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.