French authorities have questioned President Emmanuel Macron’s ambitious plan to rebuild Notre-Dame in Paris within five years following the fire in April that destroyed the roof and severely damaged the structure of the medieval cathedral.
The latest to cast doubt on the target was Franck Riester, French culture minister, who said in an interview published at the weekend that there had been complications at the site during emergency repairs and that the hope now was to have the cathedral open to the public within five years while restoration continued.
“The most important thing is the quality of the restoration and of the project,” he told the newspaper Le Parisien. “It must be done in a reasonable time.”