The Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the general public since an enormous hearth broke out in April 2019. Dozens of world leaders and high-ranking officers, together with present First Woman Jill Biden and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, can even be in attendance.
President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen was additionally initially slated to attend, however canceled Friday night. Earlier within the day, von der Leyen infuriated France by heading to Uruguay to signal a commerce settlement with the South American Mercosur bloc, which Paris had vigorously opposed.
Veronika Melkozerova contributed to this report.
