The event will take place at 7pm inauguration ceremony which marks the end of the restoration work that began 5 years ago at a cost of over 700 million euros. At the celebration, organized by President Macronover 50 heads of state and government will be present, including the new president of the United States Donald Trump, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, the president Sergio Mattarella And Ursula Von der Leyen just to name a few. An official dinner is also planned at the Elysée after the inauguration in the afternoon.
For this long-awaited reopening, an exceptional security system has been put in place, inspired by that of the Olympic Games ceremony. Paris police chief Laurent Nunez announced the mobilization of six thousand policemen and gendarmesas well as the army’s counter-terrorism unit called Sentinels and the police department’s river brigade.
The number of participants in the “rebirth” of the cathedral was also impressive: there were over 340 thousand donors for a total of 840 million euros raised. Among these, there are the Arnaults and the LVMH group, the Bettencourt-Meyers and L’Oréal, who paid 200 million each. The Pinault family and the Total group paid 100 million euros. The list of major donors also includes the Bouygues or JC Decaux, Societé Generale.
But the point is another: the name of Barnier’s successor is still missing. Macron is taking his time and in recent days he has started consultations with allied political parties, in what he calls “the arc of government”, which goes from the Socialists to the Républicains. It will be seen whether the future prime minister will last more than three months or whether Macron will be forced to shuffle the cards once again. For the moment, the president is preparing for the grand inauguration ceremony of Notre-Dame which will place France at the center of the world, in a positive way this time.
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