US president-elect returns to world stage at high-profile celebration that belies growing crisis in French politics
The restored gothic spire of Notre Dame is to provide a dramatic backdrop for Donald Trump’s return to the geopolitical stage this weekend, as America’s president-elect will make his first visit to Europe since the US election to mingle with world leaders at an official reopening ceremony in Paris on Saturday.
The medieval cathedral, which was ravaged by a fire in 2019, has been reconstructed in a painstaking €700m (£580m) effort that took just five years, involving the application of carpentry methods dating back to the 13th century and enabled with donations from 150 countries.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/06/donald-trump-to-attend-notre-dame-reopening-as-emmanuel-macron-weathers-political-storm
Author : Philip Oltermann European culture editor
Publish date : 2024-12-06 12:08:40
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