Notre Dame repair is metaphor for France pulling together, says Macron
by Angelique Chrisafisin Paris from on (#5GMCX)
As Covid deaths reach 100,000 mark, French president says pandemic has shown people's capacity to unite'
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has used the reconstruction of the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral as a metaphor for the country pulling together as France reached the symbolic mark of 100,000 deaths from coronavirus.
Macron toured the upper levels of the Notre Dame site in a hard hat and overalls on the second anniversary of the fire that ripped through the roof of the Gothic masterpiece in 2019.
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