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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 28, 2017 file photo, Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini speaks during a press conference on the upcoming G7 of Culture ministers at the Foreign Press Club in Rome. An Italian administrative court has nixed the selection of five museum directors, siding with critics of a much-vaunted reform which allowed experts based abroad to compete for top posts. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini on Thursday, May 25, 2017 slammed the ruling by the Lazio region's administrative tribunal as an embarrassment to Italy. His ministry immediately launched an appeal to the Council of State, the highest administrative tribunal. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016 file photo, James Bradburne, Milan's Brera Art Gallery director, right, shakes hand with Italian Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini at the end of a news conference in the Sala Passione hall of the gallery, in Milan, Italy. An Italian administrative court has nixed the selection of five museum directors, siding with critics of a much-vaunted reform which allowed experts based abroad to compete for top posts. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini on Thursday, May 25, 2017 slammed the ruling by the Lazio region's administrative tribunal as an embarrassment to Italy. His ministry immediately launched an appeal to the Council of State, the highest administrative tribunal. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
