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A visit full of symbols. Emmanuel Macron is visiting the Notre-Dame de Paris construction site this Friday, one year to the day before the planned reopening of the cathedral ravaged by the 2019 fire. The president will take advantage of his visit to clarify the next deadlines. The Head of State could notably announce the creation of “contemporary stained glass windows” in the side chapels of the Gothic building rebuilt, on the whole, identically. On April 15, 2019, a spectacular fire destroyed the cathedral, whose spire, designed by the 19th century architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, collapsed before the eyes of Parisians and tourists. Images of the flames were broadcast live, sparking global emotion.
Mayotte in “sub-France”? Elisabeth Borne is going to the department this Friday to make announcements on water, housing and health, in this poorest department in France, facing a serious drought, migratory pressure from neighboring Comoros and growing insecurity. After a traditional welcome at Petite-Terre airport, the head of government will discuss the shortage of water, to which residents only have access one day out of three. It was this crisis that initially motivated this move. But this Indian Ocean archipelago of 310,000 inhabitants has also been shaken for several weeks by clashes between villages, which led to the sending of police reinforcements.
The court renders its decision for six young people after the assassination of Samuel Paty
Tried behind closed doors for their involvement in the 2020 assassination of professor Samuel Paty by a young jihadist, six former college students should hear the decision of the Paris children’s court on their subject on Friday. The trial, which lasted two weeks, ended in the morning with the last words of the young defendants. Then the court will retire to deliberate and should render its decision, in public hearing, late in the afternoon or in the evening. The trial of the case, which had created a huge stir in France and abroad, was held strictly behind closed doors given the young age of the defendants at the time of the events – between 13 and 15 years old. Another trial is planned for the eight adults involved at the end of 2024.