“If all the files between us could work so smoothly!
This close to Anne Hidalgo recognizes it: on the reconstruction of Notre-Dame, President Emmanuel Macron and the mayor of Paris are working "hand in hand on the political, administrative and operational level".
This agreement is enough to make the prognosis lie.
Because, between these two personalities with opposing national ambitions, spat have not failed to occur in the past, as on the opening of stores on Sundays, under François Hollande.
But no question of bickering for the most emblematic site of the five-year term, after a fire which had aroused worldwide emotion, on April 15, 2019. "It is too important a subject for there to be the slightest fry between them", one underlines in the entourage of the socialist.
The future of Notre-Dame de Paris has also occupied part of the last tête-à-tête between the city council and the head of state, in October 2020. The legal status of the place obliges the two parties to collaborate .
If the cathedral belongs to the State, the surroundings (forecourt, square, etc.) come under the city.
Everyone plays the game.
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The mayor of Paris sits on the board of directors of the Public Establishment for the Reconstruction of Notre-Dame, headed by the special representative of the Head of State, General Jean-Louis Georgelin.
And the State was invited to participate in the jury which will select the urban planning project of the City of Paris to rethink the site: a new circuit for tourists and the faithful, the installation of shelters in case of rain, the place of magazine shops, etc.
Both the state and the city have set themselves the year 2024 to achieve this.
The peace of the brave
At the Elysee Palace, Emmanuel Macron's Culture advisor, Rima Abdul-Malak, plays the bridge with the Hidalgo teams.
Former chief of staff to Christophe Girard, when he was deputy for culture to the mayor of Paris, she knows the municipal administration and elected officials perfectly.
In the heart of Paris, it is therefore the peace of the brave.
“Emmanuel Macron like Anne Hidalgo have every interest in agreeing on Notre-Dame, for different reasons, analyzes an LREM deputy from the capital.
The first committed to rebuilding the place quickly;
the other gained popularity during the fire, adopting a consensual and protective image.
Some of the cathedral's works, including some relics, had been put in a safe place in the town hall offices at the time of the tragedy.
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