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Emmanuel Macron shares the " emotion of a whole nation, " he said in response to the fire that devastates Notre-Dame-de Paris where he went Monday night with Edouard Philippe. The president left the Elysee around 20:15 towards the square of the cathedral, where Prime Minister Eduard Philippe and President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand are also expected.
The head of state had just recorded his televised speech of twenty minutes, long awaited, where he was to announce his responses to the crisis of "yellow vests" and the great debate, when appeared the images of the fire. Shortly after, the Elysee announced that his intervention was postponed, without giving a new date.
" Everything is burning. The frame, which dates from the nineteenth century on one side and the thirteenth on the other, there will be nothing left, "said Andre Finot, the spokesman for Notre Dame. According to him, the fire broke out around 18H50. " A high-place of the Catholic faith is burning, " lamented the spokesman of the Bishops of France.
Several heads of state also reacted. " It's so terrible to witness this gigantic fire at Notre-Dame de Paris. Perhaps it would be necessary to use water bombers to extinguish it. We must act quickly, "tweeted US President Donald Trump, while major US TV channels have changed their programs to broadcast live images of the fire. Notre Dame, " a symbol of France and our European culture, " lamented Angela Merkel.
London stands at the side of Paris " in sadness, " said the mayor of the British capital Sadiq Khan on Twitter.