‘Don’t give up’: Macron praises workers during Notre Dame Cathedral visit

While it will not be ready in time for the Paris Olympics in July-August 2024, it is currently scheduled to open in time for Christmas next year.

French president Emmanuel Macron views the restoration work (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool via AP)

French president Emmanuel Macron has toured the reconstruction work at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, praising workers who are painstakingly restoring the medieval monument four years after it suffered a devastating fire.

With light streaming through the cathedral’s stained-glass rose windows, Mr Macron and his wife Brigitte gazed up at activity under way to replace the roof and spire which were consumed by flames on April 15 2019.