Fire at Notre-Dame de Paris: the political class reunited "in the emotion of a whole nation"

In unison with Emmanuel Macron, the entire political class on Monday shared the "emotion of a whole nation" after the fire of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, which led the president to postpone his speech long awaited to respond to the crisis of "yellow vests".

"What happened tonight in Paris and in this cathedral is obviously a terrible drama Notre Dame de Paris is our history, our literature, our imagination The place where we lived all our great moments. epidemics, our wars, our liberations ... This is the epicenter of our life, it is the stallion from which our distances depart and from where we measure ourselves since Paris ", underlined the chief of the State, expressing itself with emotion on the forecourt of Notre-Dame.
"This cathedral we will rebuild all together," he promised, congratulating that the worst was "avoided". "I am sad tonight to see that part of us burn," the head of state had tweeted earlier in the evening.

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"Fluctuat nec mergitur", tweeted the mayor of Paris

Secretary of State for the Interior Laurent Nuñez had spoken to him about a "national drama". "She has been standing there for hundreds of years, looking after generations of French people at her feet, it's not just a monument, it's OUR Lady, tonight we all have a tight heart." Government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye wrote on Twitter.

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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said she does not have "a strong enough word to express (her) pain". "Tonight, all Parisians and French cry this emblem of our common history.Our motto, we will pull strength to rise.Fluctuat nec mergitur," she tweeted.

Asked about LCI, the former mayor Bertrand Delanoe spoke of an event "beyond the human". "It is a mourning that we must do and at the same time we must have hope and say that all good will will be mobilized to rebuild what has been destroyed, so that Notre-Dame of Paris in all its splendor can take its place in the heart of Paris, "he added.

All French called to mobilize

UDI President Jean-Christophe Lagarde preached, during the program Public Hearing on LCP-AN and Public Sénat, "a national subscription", shortly before the Heritage Foundation announces the launch of a " national collection.

For the former President Francois Hollande, "Our Lady is our common heritage, it is an injury to see it and ravaged by the flames". "The mobilization of all will be necessary to rebuild what has been destroyed," he added. Nicolas Sarkozy said his "deep sadness" while France is touched "in his flesh, in his heart, in his identity, in his history". "Let everyone mobilize already to help rebuild," he said.

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"It's a whole part of our history, of ourselves, that burns tonight".

Same feeling among the different party leaders. "Huge emotion in front of these images of the fire devouring Notre-Dame.Support to the firefighters mobilized.Thought for the faithful and for all those who do not have the faith are attached to this jewel of our history", tweeted Olivier Faure, the first secretary of the Socialist Party.

On the right, the boss of LR Laurent Wauquiez said his "desolation on seeing go up in smoke this symbol of our Christian roots, of the literature of Victor Hugo." It is a whole part of our History, of ourselves, which burns tonight". The President of the National Marine Rally Le Pen lamented "terrifying [...] damage ... All French tonight feel infinite grief and a dizzying sense of loss". Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Standing France) announced to suspend his campaign for the Europeans and called for "the sacred union".

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Leader of the Insoumis, Jean-Luc Mélenchon said he was "stunned" in front of an "immense misfortune". "The Cathedral of Notre-Dame embodies something of the centuries-old advance of the human spirit, Notre-Dame was the place where the French found themselves under any circumstances whatever their faith. our family at all, "he told the press. "A piece of our history and our identity goes up in smoke before our eyes.These images touch us in the heart," said the delegate general LREM Stanislas Guerini.