NARRATIVE – During a final site visit, the President of the Republic will meet this Friday morning 1,300 people who worked on the construction site of the century. Quite a program.
On the evening of April 15, 2019, we saw the President of the Republic, pale, standing in front of the large portal of a devastated cathedral. Chaos and dismay reigned, rubble covered the ground in a pool of water, and the vaults were exposed to the sky. Five and a half years later, and while the monument has regained all its glory, Emmanuel Macron will follow the same path again, and savor a victory that he partly attributes to himself. Wasn't it him who launched the challenge of reconstruction in five years?
« Everyone thought that this commitment would be difficult to keep. Proof has been made today that not only was it possible, but that deep down everyone wanted it, they say at the Élysée. Notre Dame is the repository of an extremely unifying French imagination. » Officially, the visit of this Friday, November 29 marks the end of a project, which the president followed from start to finish. 1300 people…
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