In the middle of the campaign for the second round, Emmanuel Macron resumes his role as president on Friday to inspect the construction site of Notre-Dame de Paris, three years to the day after the fire of the cathedral on April 15, 2019.
"This visit will be an opportunity for the Head of State to take stock of the progress of the construction site and to exchange with the companions and the companies" who are working on the reconstruction of the monument, specified the Elysee. .
Rebuild the monument in five years
For the president-candidate, it will also be an opportunity to show the work undertaken in the light of his promise, launched as a challenge just after the fire, to rebuild the monument in five years.
Since then, the objective has been slightly revised downwards.
The site will not be completed in five years but the monument must be returned to worship by April 16, 2024, the day when a first mass must be celebrated again in the nave.
Campaign requires, for three weeks, the official presidential agenda was almost empty.
This will be Emmanuel Macron's first trip as President of the Republic since the Brussels summit on March 24 and 25.
He had already visited the roof of Notre-Dame under construction a year ago, on April 15, 2021, for the two years of the construction site.
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