The French president Emmanuel Macron will promote the reopening of the renowned Notre Dame, accompanied by great personalities and internal political tensions. They will say present Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskywho are united by the question of the war with Russia and the possibility of its ending.
Other international figures will attend, such as Prince William of England and music artists. Five and a half years after the devastating fire, Macron had planned to make the reopening of the cathedral optimistic about 2024.a year also marked by the Paris Olympic Games.
Who will be at the reopening of Notre Dame
In addition to Trump, About 40 heads of state and government are expected to attend, many hoping to build relationships with the elected Republican. As for the musical performances, artists such as the Chinese pianist will be present Lang Lang, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the South African soprano Pretty Yende.
The prince William of Wales will be present, representing the British Royal Crownalthough without his wife Kate Middleton. She is still in the recovery process after completing her cancer treatment last September.
The cathedral expects to receive between 14 and 15 million visitors a year, who will be able to enter for free by reserving their ticket online, through the website, social networks or a specific application.
Trump, Zelensky and the shadow of the Ukraine-Russia war on Notre Dame
US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian Head of State Volodymyr Zelensky will be received by Macron at the Elysee Palace separately as prior to the ceremony. Meetings are planned at 4 and 5 p.m. (Paris time), before the French president’s speech in the square in front of the cathedral, although there is no word of a possible meeting between the three.
From the Ukrainian government, they see “other meetings possible, particularly with President-elect Donald Trump”, with whom Zelensky has spoken only by phone, since his victory in November. At this intersection at Notre Dame, Ukraine’s hope of strengthening relations to ensure the continuity of US aid hovers above.
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Very critical of the billions of dollars allocated by the United States to Ukraine, The president-elect promised to solve the war between kyiv and Moscow, although without ever explaining how.
France, for its part, intends to maintain its support for kyiv to put its president in a position of strength when he has to negotiate with Moscow. At the moment, the Russian ruler, Vladimir Putin refuses to negotiate, convinced that it can prevail on the ground.
Political tensions in France, behind the scenes of Macron’s Notre Dame
Macron promotes the reopening of the colossal cathedral amid internal weakenings, when France enters a period of deep uncertainty after the fall of Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government, for which there is still no replacement.
In the speech he will deliver, Macron will urge the world to look beyond the country’s current political crisis and to admire the determination, organization and hard work that went into rescuing one of France’s most famous buildings.
This act is expected to help him gain new political momentum and present the renewal as a symbol of France’s internal reserves of creative force.
Source: Ambito
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