Emmanuel Macron spoke on BFMTV and RMC just before going to the construction site of the Grand Palais. The head of state also spoke about carrying the Olympic flame, his promise to swim in the Seine, and the growing tensions in the Middle East.

Donald Trump becomes the first ex-president in the history of the U.S. to face criminal justice, with the opening of a trial in New York. More than 2.5 million machines will have to go on the bench this year. technical inspection has been compulsory since today for category L vehicles: mopeds, motorcycles, scooters, motor tricycles, light and heavy quadricycles. The duration of the inspection is three years, with a validity of three years for older vehicles. It is the fifth anniversary of the fire of Notre-Dame, which will be reopened on April 15, 2019. The construction site is nearing completion, eight months before the reopening scheduled for December 8. Some 250 companies and hundreds of craftsmen, architects and professionals worked on the extraordinary construction site.