Elysee boss Emmanuel Macron stops the European election campaign because of the big fire in the cathedral Notre-Dame. This was announced by politician Nathalie Loiseau, who is organizing the campaign called "Renaissance" by the ruling En-Marche movement (LREM) for the European elections.
"We all experience a moment of extreme sadness," Loiseau wrote on Twitter. The "Renaissance" list of candidates for the European elections was "understandably part of this moment of national unity". The campaign is therefore suspended until further notice.
"We're going to rebuild Notre-Dame," Macron had announced late on Monday night. "Because that's what the French expect." First major donors have already reported: The family of French businessman and billionaire Bernard Arnault announced about Arnaults luxury label LVMH to participate with 200 million euros in the reconstruction. Previously, the French billionaire family Pinault had already promised 100 million euros for the reconstruction. The super-rich Frenchmen Arnault and Pinault are known as art lovers, patrons and competitors.
The fire broke out on Monday night in the world-famous cathedral in the heart of Paris. The flames devastated the sacred building, the roof truss was ablaze. The fire is now completely deleted. "The whole fire is over," said the spokesman for the fire department, Gabriel Plus, on Tuesday. Now begin the phase of the appraisal. It was ensured throughout the night that the fire does not break out again and monitors the building structures. The fire on the roof spread very quickly to around 1,000 square meters on Monday evening, so Plus continues.
According to initial findings, three people were easily injured in the fire. These are two police officers and a firefighter, said the fire department.